Hold the vote in the actual pub, Dave. That should rig the outcome in your favour.

The Spectator article is a mishmash of confusion between immigrants/refugees, legal/illegal and temporary/permanent, and the survey appears to have been conducted largely by leading questions.

A nice piece of nonsense from this Tory rag's article:

"Fully 81 per cent of the European public agree that immigrants should be helped in their own countries"

Just 1000 people in each country were asked, therefore the assertion "fully 81 per cent" (of almost half a billion people!) is invalid. We're not told how that tiny sample was selected for a start. And someone really should appprise the writer of the simple fact that if you're still in your own country you're not an immigrant. :-)