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Brexit, COVID-19, and attitudes toward immigration in Britain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A key issue in Britain's referendum on European Union membership was the free movement of labor into Britain, with Brexit "Leavers" having more negative attitudes toward immigrants than "Remainers." Such anti-immigrant attitudes are driven by feelings of threat. The coronavirus pandemic presented a new threat in the context of ongoing Brexit negotiations. This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected anti-immigrant attitudes and how these effects differ between Leavers and Remainers.

Methods

Using an online survey in Spring 2020 of 3,708 individuals residing in the UK, we experimentally test the effect of priming COVID-19 thoughts on anti-immigrant attitudes, and examine whether this effect varies by Brexit identity.

Results

We show that COVID-19 may exacerbate anti-immigrant attitudes among Leavers while having little effect on Remainers.

Conclusion

These findings support the idea that the coronavirus pandemic might have presented a new, viral, threat that heightened anti-immigrant attitudes among certain political identities.

SUBMITTER: Pickup M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8661841 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Brexit, COVID-19, and attitudes toward immigration in Britain.

Pickup Mark M de Rooij Eline A EA van der Linden Clifton C Goodwin Matthew J MJ

Social science quarterly 20210827 5

<h4>Objective</h4>A key issue in Britain's referendum on European Union membership was the free movement of labor into Britain, with Brexit "Leavers" having more negative attitudes toward immigrants than "Remainers." Such anti-immigrant attitudes are driven by feelings of threat. The coronavirus pandemic presented a new threat in the context of ongoing Brexit negotiations. This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected anti-immigrant attitudes and how these effects differ between Leavers ...[more]

PMID: 34908609

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Brexit, COVID-19, and attitudes toward immigration in Britain.

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Brexit, COVID-19, and attitudes toward immigration in Britain.

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