Vienna, Feb 3 : A new survey suggests three in four Austrians do not want their country to take in prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
The poll by the OGM institute was conducted for the news magazine Profil. It says 73 percent of respondents are opposed to Austria accepting inmates from the US detention center in eastern Cuba.
Only 19 per cent said they have no objections to Austria taking in some of the 245"enemy combatants" captured since 2001 and held at Guantanamo. No margin of error was given. The findings were released today.
They reflect an unwillingness among many Europeans to accept prisoners even though EU nations have insisted Guantanamo be shut down. US President Barack Obama has ordered Guantanamo to be closed within a year.
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