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

Should EU citizens living in the UK be given leave to remain after Brexit?

Fieldwork dates: 14 February 2017 - 16 February 2017
Data from: United Kingdom
Results from: 1 poll

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Results for: Should EU citizens living in the UK be given leave to remain after Brexit?
Fieldwork end date
Pollster		 16 February 2017
Poll by Opinium
Automatically given leave to remain 33%
Given leave to remain if lived here for 5 years 27%
Not given leave to remain unless meet criteria for non-EU citizens 22%
Not allowed to remain and asked to leave 5%
Don't Know 14%

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There are approximately 3.3 million citizens from other EU citizens living in the UK who have the right to live here because at the moment the UK is part of the European Union. Once the UK leaves, what do you think should happen? EU citizens living in the UK should automatically be given indefinite leave to remain in the UK after we leave the EU/ EU citizens living in the UK should automatically be given indefinite leave to remain in the UK if they have lived here for more than five years/ EU citizens living in the UK should not be given indefinite leave to remain unless they meet the same criteria that citizens of other non-EU countries need to meet/EU citizens living in the UK should not be allowed to remain in the UK after we leave the EU and should be asked to leave.

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Migration and freedom of movement