The number of Britons migrating to the EU has increased by 30% since Brexit, with Spain and France being the main destinations.
More than a portion of Britons fleeing to greener pastures in Europe have taken the decision to relocate within three months of voting, according to a new study.
Two years after the June 2015 referendum, more than 20,000 people have left for a new life in Spain, more than 10,000 in France. 11,300 were attracted to Germany, 5,660 to Ireland and 5,510 to the Netherlands.
Joint research, conducted through the University of Oxford in Berlin and the Berlin Centre for Social Sciences, analysed the knowledge of the OECD and the EU Bureau of Statistics, Eurostat.
It shows that migration from Britain to EU states increased to around 73,642 per year between 2016 and 2018. Without delay after the Brexit referendum. Meanwhile, around 56,832 Britons leave their homes permanently each year.
The study also shows a 500% increase in the number of people who received citizenship from an EU state after the move. “These cumulative figures are of a magnitude that can be expected when a country is affected by an economic or primary political crisis,” the research co-author, Daniel Auer, said in a statement.
“Brexit has by far been the highest dominant driving force in migration decisions since 2016,” said co-author Daniel Tetlow. The leap in dual nationality and the will to integrate showed how our expats were determined to escape the negative that has an effect on Brexit, he added.
Uncertainty about the social and economic benefits of Brexit were the main points influencing migration. One of Britain’s biggest fears about Brexit was the loss of freedom to move within the EU for life or for paintings as they wished. 74% said they would be willing to change British citizenship if it were obligatory for that freedom.
The focus is on post-Brexit movements from the UK to Germany, where citizenship programmes have a higher percentage. “Germany has noticed a 2,000% increase, with 31,600 Britons naturalized since the referendum,” the Guardian reports.
But “Brexit-induced collective uncertainty,” as researchers say, has also led to “a similarly sharp increase in migration flows” to many “destination countries.”
All this, the authors warn, means that “the UK is facing a possible brain drain from highly informed British citizens, who have to invest their long term in continental Europe.”
Just as Spanish beaches are calling British tourists now, or at least they did so before the UK removed Spain from its quarantine-free holiday list two weeks ago, attract those who need a more permanent replacement of the landscape.
The number of Britons opting for a new life in Spain has soared by 500% in the two years following the 2016 referendum. More than any other EU country, Spain is the promised land behind The Brexit. After the vote, the number of migrants increased fivefold in two years: to 21,250, compared to an average of 2,300 a year in recent years.
“The Costa del Sol and the Costa Blanca have noticed that the vast majority of British citizens return to the country,” reports the country’s largest English-friendly newspaper. “Many complain about the climate, the cost of living, the cost of rent and the lifestyle as the main reasons to return to Spain.”
According to the Guardian, around 380,000 British citizens live in Spain. Many are not included in official knowledge on Spanish immigration, as registration is not mandatory before.
The top popular country moment of the British fugitives from Brexit France. Most EU citizens do not want to register. (British citizens will be considered as such until 31 December).
Among those who have recorded the number, the figures show that ten times as many British expats are moving to France due to Brexit. From 500 consistent with the year between 2008 and 2015, to 5,000 in the two years following the referendum.
Demonstrations that British citizens living in German were willing to take more dangers in reaction to Brexit. Most illustrate “higher degrees of risk-taking and impulsivity.”
57% of respondents said they had taken a “big risk” with moving in. Something they were much less susceptible to doing before the referendum.
Among these risks, most agreed to cut wages or freeze wages as a component of their resolve to leave Britain. This is in stark contrast to the maximum salary earned before the vote.
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