Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

If Britain were to leave the EU, do you think immigration to Britain would be higher or lower?

Fieldwork dates: 1 July 2015 - 1 November 2018
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 3 polls

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Results for: If Britain were to leave the EU, do you think immigration to Britain would be higher or lower?
Fieldwork end date
Pollster		 1 November 2018
Poll by British Social Attitudes (NatCen) 		1 November 2017
Poll by British Social Attitudes (NatCen) 		1 November 2015
Poll by British Social Attitudes (NatCen)
A lot higher 2% 1% 2%
A little higher 5% 4% 7%
Wouldn’t make much difference 37% 39% 31%
A little lower 43% 41% 37%
A lot lower 11% 13% 20%
Don't know 2% 2% 3%
Refusal 0% 0% 0%

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(If Britain were to leave the EU,) do you think immigration to Britain would be higher, lower, or wouldn’t it make much difference?

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Topics

Migration and freedom of movement Perceived consequences of leaving the EU