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New Poll Reveals Refugee Sponsorship Increases Support, Reduces Opposition to Resettlement

New Poll Reveals Refugee Sponsorship Increases Support, Reduces Opposition to Resettlement

01 March 2021

Niskanen Center

"Refugee sponsorship has a tangible impact in increasing support for and reducing opposition to refugee resettlement because of the direct links established between refugees and local communities. 

The poll, conducted by YouGov and commissioned by the nonprofit group More In Common, offers vital lessons for refugee advocates and policymakers on both the policy and politics of refugee resettlement."

New Poll Reveals Refugee Sponsorship Increases Support, Reduces Opposition to Resettlement

Change the Narrative to Change the Future

Change the Narrative to Change the Future

19 February 2021

SEE Change, The Magazine of Social Entrepreneurship

"If social cohesion and the notion of common ground don’t sound like the version of a divided world that we are fed daily, More in Common’s report Britain’s Choice: Common Ground and Division in 2020s Britain makes a fascinating read.

Significantly, the report evidences that we are not as divided as we often assume but that when we focus on societal ‘fault lines’, we obscure common ground."

Change the Narrative to Change the Future

Towards a 'New Normal': What challenges for EU's post-crisis Cohesion policy?

Towards a 'New Normal': What challenges for EU's post-crisis Cohesion policy?

19 February 2021

Euractiv

“There are pro-Europeans and Eurosceptics but also, and more importantly, Europe’s 'invisible' and 'forgotten'."

As many as four out of ten people feel lost or forgotten by the EU or their countries, according to a report published by More in Common.

Towards a 'new normal': What challenges for EU's post-crisis Cohesion policy?

Major UK philanthropy using More in Common's research to shape priorities

Major UK philanthropy using More in Common's research to shape priorities

17 February 2021

National Lottery Community Fund

The UK's largest community funder, which issues grants of almost £600m per year, will be using the Britain's Choice study from More in Common to guide grantmaking decisions. Cassie Robinson from the National Lottery Community Fund discusses how bringing people together will be a key goal for 2021.

Major UK funder to use More in Common's research to shape priorities

I've lived in both Americas. Most people everywhere don't want to hate each other

I've lived in both Americas. Most people everywhere don't want to hate each other

20 January 2021

CNN Opinion

"According to Hidden Tribes, a 2018 report on political polarization in America, some 77% of Americans 'believe that our differences aren't so great that we can't come together.' Our fellow citizens on the far left and right may never come together, but I know that most people across this land do not want to hate each other. My neighbors in Atlanta and in Chautauqua share lots of common ground."

I've lived in both Americas. Most people everywhere don't want to hate each other