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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 believe migration levels would be higher or lower under a Labour government?

7 December 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


To what extent would you support or oppose the UK joining the single market if it meant that EU citizens would have the right to live and work in the UK and UK citizens would have the right to live and work elsewhere in the EU?

29 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement What should Brexit mean?


How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Since the EU referendum in 2016 I have become more positive about the impact immigration has on Britain?

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think the government should allow or should allow employers to be able to recruit employees from overseas for temporary seasonal work, for example in fruit picking and hospitality?

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think the government should allow or should allow employers to be able to recruit employees from overseas for key services, such as health and social care?

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think the government should allow or should allow employers to be able to recruit employees from overseas for lower skilled jobs that are harder to fill by workers in the UK?

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Do you think the government should allow or should allow employers to be able to recruit employees from overseas for any job where there are shortages in the UK?

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Which of the following two statements comes closest to your preference? Migrants should be allowed to come to the UK for a short period of time only to work, then be required to return home or migrants should be allowed to come to the UK for a longer period of time to have the chance to settle and integrate

1 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


Would you prefer the number of migrants (from any country) who are coming to live in the UK to join their spouse or partner who already live in the UK to be increased, reduced, or should it remain about the same?

31 October 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


When thinking about the government’s immigration policy, should the UK government have control over who can and can’t come into the country or should they have an immigration system that deters people from coming to the UK so that numbers remain low?

31 October 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement


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