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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 agree or disagree that immigrants to the UK should not be entitled to any social welfare benefits until they have paid income tax for at least four years?

2 December 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think it is a good or bad thing for EU countries to have open borders, without border controls, with other EU countries?

2 December 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think it is a good or bad thing for EU citizens to have the right to live and work in other EU countries?

2 December 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you support or oppose reducing net immigration into Britain to less than 100,000 a year?

25 November 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Should the government prioritise maintaining access to the single market or reducing immigration from the EU?

12 November 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement The economic debate What should Brexit mean?


If EU countries are willing to guarantee the rights of British citizens living and working in those countries to continue post-Brexit, should the UK government do the same?

31 October 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement What should Brexit mean?


Should the UK government guarantee the right of EU citizens to continue living and working in the UK post-Brexit?

31 October 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement What should Brexit mean?


How much do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s current immigration policy?

25 October 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Should overseas students be classed as migrants and included in government immigration figures?

25 October 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Is stricter control over EU migration or the UK’s membership of the single market more important?

25 October 2016 Question Migration and freedom of movement The economic debate


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