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Implications of Brexit for Skilled Migration from India to the UK

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  • Rupa Chanda
  • Neha Vinod Betai

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In June 2016, the United Kingdom took the world by surprise with the results of its referendum on whether to remain in the European Union (EU). With a 52% majority, the country decided to leave the bloc in which it had been a member since 1973. With this outcome began the long process of Brexit negotiations between UK and the EU. The UK officially ceased to be an EU member on 31 January 2020, with a transition period up to the end of 2020. The decision to leave the EU came on the back of rising bitterness among people. Membership in the EU was seen as expensive and not beneficial to the country. One of the major campaigning points of the leave camp was the issue of immigration. Given that free movement of people is an important part of being in the EU, the party argued that leaving the EU would help the country take back control of its borders. Immigration in the UK has been on the rise since the early 2000s. It shot up further with the accession of the eight East European economies into the EU. Figure 1 shows how, leading up to Brexit, immigration from the EU to the UK was constantly increasing. JEL Codes: F00, F30, F22, F23

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  • Rupa Chanda & Neha Vinod Betai, 2021. "Implications of Brexit for Skilled Migration from India to the UK," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 56(3), pages 289-300, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:fortra:v:56:y:2021:i:3:p:289-300
    DOI: 10.1177/00157325211012207
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    1. Mohammad Azeem Khan & Zeenat Fatima & Sumbul Fatima, 2023. "Revisiting the Gravity Model of Migration," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 58(2), pages 329-349, May.
    2. María Isabel Guerrero Molina & Juan Felipe Salazar Acevedo & Julián Taborda Giraldo, 2022. "Reflexiones sobre el Brexit y la migración: revisión de literatura," Apuntes del Cenes, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, vol. 41(74), pages 111-139, July.
    3. Alina Sîrbu & Diletta Goglia & Jisu Kim & Paul Maximilian Magos & Laura Pollacci & Spyridon Spyratos & Giulio Rossetti & Stefano Maria Iacus, 2024. "International mobility between the UK and Europe around Brexit: a data-driven study," Journal of Computational Social Science, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 1451-1482, October.

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    Keywords

    International economics; international finance; international logistics and international legal and technical research ideas; international marketing;
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    JEL classification:

    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General
    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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