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Should the immigration rules be relaxed or not to fill the shortage of lorry drivers?

Fieldwork dates: 13 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 1 poll

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Results for: Should the immigration rules be relaxed or not to fill the shortage of lorry drivers?
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Pollster		 15 October 2021
Poll by Deltapoll
Immigration rules should be relaxed to allow the shortage of lorry drivers to be filled as soon as possible by more foreign workers 48%
Immigration rules should not be relaxed, even if it takes longer to fill the shortage of lorry drivers 41%
Don't know 11%

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In Britain there is currently a shortage of qualified HGV drivers available to drive lorries. Thinking about possible solutions to this situation, which of the following statements comes closest to your own view? Immigration rules should be relaxed to allow the shortage of lorry drivers to be filled as soon as possible by more foreign workers/ Immigration rules should not be relaxed, even if it takes longer to fill the shortage of lorry drivers

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Attitudes towards topical events Migration and freedom of movement