Brexit as a Trigger and an Obstacle to Onwards and Return Migration

Sredanovic, Djordje

doi:10.1111/imig.12712

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“…The study captured a point of time (before the first Brexit deadline of March 2019); further studies should explore how EU citizens' experiences and perceptions developed over the protracted and uncertain nature of the subsequent political process. As in several other studies (McCarthy, 2019; Sredanovic, 2020; Trąbka & Pustulka, 2020), most of our participants were female. On the basis of existing analyses of EU citizens' post‐Brexit experiences (e.g., McGhee et al, 2017; Ranta & Nancheva, 2019; Trąbka & Pustulka, 2020), we suspect that this gender imbalance did not substantially influence our findings.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

“…Most EU citizens in the United Kingdom appraised Brexit negatively (Luthra, 2020; McCarthy, 2019; Sredanovic, 2020). Three main forms of stress are particularly evident in the literature.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many questioned whether to remain in the United Kingdom (Sime, 2020), and some felt betrayed by the UK government for failing to protect and reassure EU citizens about their future (Duda‐Mikulin, 2019). This uncertainty appears to be partly a result of the protracted negotiating period following the referendum (Sredanovic, 2020), and of the unchartered territory in which EU citizens' new ‘settled status’ unfolds (Botterill et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

Teodorowski

Woods

Czarnecka³

et al. 2021

Population Space and Place

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The ‘Brexit’ referendum represents a hostile shift in the United Kingdom's acculturative context. With its remain majority and pro‐migration political discourse, Scotland appears less hostile than the rest of the United Kingdom. We explored whether and how Brexit affected the mental health of European Union citizens living in Scotland. Thirty EU citizens took part in seven focus groups. Participants reported three main sources of acculturative stress: uncertainty, feelings of rejection and experiences of loss. These were associated with a range of negative emotional and mental states including anxiety, anger, shock and sadness. A minority reported severe difficulties including trauma, panic attacks and deterioration of existing physical and mental health conditions. Participants mobilised contrasts between Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom to partially mitigate feelings of rejection. These findings indicate that the United Kingdom's hostile acculturative context has had important, enduring effects on the mental health of EU citizens in Scotland.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

“…Most EU citizens in the United Kingdom appraised Brexit negatively (Luthra, 2020; McCarthy, 2019; Sredanovic, 2020). Three main forms of stress are particularly evident in the literature.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

Teodorowski

Woods

Czarnecka³

et al. 2021

Population Space and Place

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“…Several studies describe the emotional reactions (e.g. shock, anger and betrayal) that the Brexit referendum and its result triggered among EU migrants in the UK (Brahic and Lallement 2020;Guma and Jones 2018;Lulle et al 2019Lulle et al , 2018Mazzilli and King 2019;Sredanovic 2020). These reactions and the unclear migration policy in the subsequent period (Vargas-Silva 2016) forced migrants to reconsider their legal situation, their social integration, and their national identity (Lulle et al 2018;Mazzilli and King 2019;Ranta and Nancheva 2018;Ryan 2018).…”

Section: Understanding Return Migration Under Brexit Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who blames Brexit for their decision to leave the UK? The departure of skilled Germans from Britain after the referendum

Stawarz¹,

Witte²

2021

Preprint

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Although the referendum on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union—better known by its portmanteau Brexit—had no immediate legal consequences for migrants, the changed public atmosphere and looming consequences for their status are creating uncertainty among migrants in the UK. This article analyses the impact of Brexit on Germans who lived in the UK and returned to Germany in 2017/18. Our analysis relies on the first wave of the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), a novel probability-based sample of German return migrants from the EU member countries. The results show that more than half of German return migrants from the UK are strongly affected by Brexit. Furthermore, those who returned on account of Brexit are more likely to blame the political situation, the lack of social security, and their dissatisfaction with life in their host country than those who did not return on account of Brexit – or than those returning from other EU15 member countries. In sum, our results indicate that Brexit may have the unintended consequence of driving out skilled and socio-culturally more integrated migrants who had been living in the UK for several years.

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“…Most of the economic predictions point to a decreasing British gross domestic product (GDP) after Brexit (Oliver, 2018), which would have consequences in terms of wage reductions, job cuts and limited access to credit. Even in the case of the triple lock, the revaluation of pensions is subject to currency exchange, which affected British retirees during the economic crisis (Sredanovic, 2020).…”

Section: Brexit and Its Consequences As Far As We Knowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncertain sunset lives: British migrants facing Brexit in Spain

Monfort

Huete

2020

European Urban and Regional Studies

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One of the most concerned groups potentially impacted by the approval of Brexit in 2016 is that of the so-called “Brexpats”. This group of people is composed by at least 784,900 British citizens who are living in the European Union (EU), among which those settling in Spain are the most prominent. Spanish Brexpats are the largest British population outside the borders of the UK, except for in the Commonwealth territories. They have some peculiar characteristics, such as an advanced average age compared to other EU destinations; a large number of people living off the radar; geographical concentration within coastal areas; and a certain social isolation. In this context, the succession of news and potential scenarios that the Brexit process generated in the media and official sources has created a feeling of insecurity about citizenship rights and freedom of movement in this group; rights that, after the withdrawal agreement seem to have disappeared. However, there are still many details that need to be finalised, especially with regard to trade agreements, which may affect in one way or another the group of British residents, not only in Spain but also in other EU nations. The following text analyses the possible changes and challenges that this group will have to face with the new reality beginning in 2021.

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Brexit as a Trigger and an Obstacle to Onwards and Return Migration

Cited by 28 publications

References 41 publications

Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

Who blames Brexit for their decision to leave the UK? The departure of skilled Germans from Britain after the referendum

Uncertain sunset lives: British migrants facing Brexit in Spain

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