Do you think it is more important for the government to be able to limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain or control who comes to Britain to live and work?

Fieldwork dates: 14 March 2019 - 6 October 2019
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 2 polls

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Results for: Do you think it is more important for the government to be able to limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain or control who comes to Britain to live and work?
Fieldwork end date Pollster	6 October 2019 Poll by NatCen	7 April 2019 Poll by NatCen
To limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain to live and work in any one year	19%	17%
To control who comes to Britain to live and work so that we are letting in those who we need	73%	74%
I don’t think the government should limit or control who comes to Britain	8%	8%

Combine responses

Choose first group:

To limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain to live and work in any one year
To control who comes to Britain to live and work so that we are letting in those who we need
I don’t think the government should limit or control who comes to Britain

Choose second group:

To limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain to live and work in any one year
To control who comes to Britain to live and work so that we are letting in those who we need
I don’t think the government should limit or control who comes to Britain

Choose third group:

To limit the total number of immigrants who come to Britain to live and work in any one year
To control who comes to Britain to live and work so that we are letting in those who we need
I don’t think the government should limit or control who comes to Britain

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Thinking about immigration, which do you think it is more important for the government to be able to do?

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