KIEV, April 19 – Almost half of Ukrainians view visa-free travel to the EU as important, while a large majority of them say they are completely opposed to accepting Syrian refugees into their country, according to a poll conducted by SocioStream AG.

"Some 49% of those interviewed said visa-free travel to Europe "important," 25% said it was "not important" and 26% found it "difficult to say," according to SocioStream AG expert Ivan Kolodiy, who spoke about the poll during a press conference hosted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday.