Immigration as a Key Factor in the United Kingdom’s Decision to Withdraw from the European Union
Immigration as a Key Factor in the United Kingdom’s Decision to Withdraw from the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The post-communist enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007, resulted in the membership of twelve states from Central and Eastern Europe, Baltic, Southeast Europe, and Mediterranean, which together represent more than 100 million citizens. Their rights to move, live and work in the United Kingdom, caused concerns to the British people, which affected their decision to leave the EU in the Brexit referendum. The main purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of immigration in the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For the realization of the research has been applied the qualitative methodological approach, based on data collected from bibliography and the credible Internet sources, related to the EU and the UK, especially to the Brexit process. The results show that not controlling immigration was considered as a big risk for the future of UK citizens and is characterized as one of the key factors that affected in their voting for Brexit. The conclusions of this paper aim to increase knowledge about the Brexit process, with special emphasis for the impact that immigration has had in the UK’s decision to withdraw from the EU.

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