The UK: Brexit drives many British people to the European Union
The UK: Brexit drives many British people to the European Union; Brexit drives many British people to the European Union. Since the referendum in 2016,
The UK: Brexit drives many British people to the European Union
Brexit drives many British people to the European Union. Since the referendum in 2016, around 17,000 people have emigrated annually; 30 percent more than in the period from 2008 to 2015. This is the conclusion of a study by the Science Center Berlin for Social Research (WZB) and the science cooperation "Oxford in Berlin". The main cause: uncertainty about the economic and social situation in their homeland.
At the same time, many Britons who already live abroad in the EU can be naturalized - according to the study, mainly because there is no clarity about their future freedom of establishment in the EU. Since the referendum, 31,600 British citizens have taken German citizenship. This corresponds to a third of the British population in the Federal Republic. This puts Great Britain in second place in terms of naturalization behind Turkey and is ahead of Poland and Romania. Britons who apply for naturalization before the end of 2020 may become EU citizens and generally retain their previous citizenship.
British people who immigrated to Germany
"The growth rates for migratory movements and naturalization numbers are of a magnitude only known as a result of major economic or political crises," says WZB researcher Daniel Auer. In order to learn more about the motives, the authors supplemented the numbers of the official migration statistics with interviews with British people who immigrated to Germany. The direct consequences of the referendum on migration decisions are therefore clearly visible. The decision to emigrate was sometimes made impulsively and under the impression of a major crisis and uncertain future prospects.Two-thirds of the respondents were prepared to accept a loss of income with the move; many migrated without a job promise. "Brexit means the UK is losing an increasing number of well-educated people who are willing to invest a lot to become part of continental Europe and stay in the long term " said co-researcher Daniel Tetlow.
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