![]() This paper builds on emerging literature on Brexit and EU migration by drawing on experiences of a range of different migrant groups. Understanding these processes is particularly pertinent in the context of a climate of hostility following the referendum. We agree that examinations of the continuing and developing ways in which people maintain and renew connections with localities and people are needed. 234) notes, many studies have been dominated by a “mobility lens” that privileges circularity, temporariness, and mobility, paying little attention to processes of settlement and belonging among European migrants. Such preoccupation with the theme of movement further extends into the academic field as Ryan ( 2018, p. Much of the current media and political discourses in the UK have focused on European migrants' onward migration (“Brexodus”) and its potential impact on the British economy and society (Swinford, 2017 Travis, 2017), with little consideration given to the implication of the referendum's impact for EU migrants themselves, especially those who have built their lives and livelihoods in the UK over the years. European migrants, in particular, are affected by Brexit, questioning the rights and freedoms afforded by EU citizenship and bringing uncertainty over what future status these migrants to the UK will have and what conditions may be placed on remaining. Migrants' perspectives are important especially as they are the most affected by the referendum result. Although migration was often discussed during the referendum campaign and commentators outlined the implications of various potential outcomes for EU citizens living in the UK and vice versa, the voices and perspectives of migrants themselves have been largely missing in these debates. voters (Ipsos Mori, 2016 Ford & Lymperopoulou, 2016), and research has shown that the British right wing media display a particularly negative and aggressive hostility towards migrants and refugees in comparison with other western European countries (Gerard, 2016 Berry, Garcia-Blanco, & Moore, 2015). Immigration provided the most political capital successive opinion polls and surveys have emphasised the prominence given to this issue by U.K. The United Kingdom's (UK) 2016 European Union (EU) membership referendum (“the referendum” henceforth) was primarily a vote on attitudes towards immigration little of the campaign focused on other issues of EU membership (e.g., common policies and single market). ![]()
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