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

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Topic: Migration and freedom of movement

Attitudes towards migration, the freedom of movement provisions and related policies. This section also covers attitudes towards the immigration policy that the UK should adopt now that it has left the EU, including data collected by the Future of Britain project.

Do you think it is more important for Britain to have control over EU immigration into Britain than to keep free trade, or that it is more important to ensure Britain can trade freely with the EU without tariffs or restrictions than it is to control EU immigration?

13 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement What should Brexit mean?


To what extent do you agree or disagree that ‘It will be easy to replace the overseas doctors that currently work in our NHS with UK nationals’?

13 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement


To what extent do you agree or disagree that ‘It will take a long time to train enough UK doctors and nurses to replace the overseas doctors that currently work in our NHS’?

13 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement


To what extent do you agree or disagree that ‘We need nurses and doctors from overseas to keep the NHS running’?

13 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement


What do you think should be the UK government’s approach to EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit?

8 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement


When Britain leaves the EU, should someone from a EU country who has lived and worked in Britain for at least five years be allowed to stay or not?

2 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement The Brexit process


When Britain leaves the EU, should someone from a EU country who has children living in Britain be allowed to stay or not?

2 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement The Brexit process


How likely or unlikely do you think it is that the Brexit agreement will require people from the EU who want to come to live here to apply to do so in the same way as people from outside the EU?

2 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement The Brexit process


Do you think that as a result of leaving the EU immigration to Britain will be higher or lower?

2 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement Perceived consequences of leaving the EU


Should Britain allow people from the EU to come here freely to live and work in return for allowing British firms to sell goods and services freely in the EU?

1 August 2018 Question Migration and freedom of movement The Brexit process


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