Freedom of movement between the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is supported by 58 percent of adults in Great Britain. As long as it is a member of the European Union, British citizens can live and work in Europe with EU citizens also being able to do the same in the UK, although this arrangement is opposed by 35 percent of British adults.
Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015
The questions were originally worded by the source as follows:
Currently British citizens have the right to live and work in other EU countries and
EU citizens have the right to come and live and work in Britain. Do you support or
oppose these rules?
Would you support or oppose Britain having similar freedom of movement rules
with the United States, so British citizens would have the right to live and work in
the USA and US citizens would have the right to come and live and work in
Britain?
Would you support or oppose Britain having similar freedom of movement rules
with Canada, New Zealand and Australia, so British citizens would have the right
to live and work in Canada, New Zealand and Australia and their citizens would
have the right to come and live and work in Britain?
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YouGov. (November 19, 2015). Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/
YouGov. "Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015." Chart. November 19, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/
YouGov. (2015). Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/
YouGov. "Levels of Support among British Adults for Freedom of Movement within The European Union, The United States and in Selected Commonwealth Countries as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/
YouGov, Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Levels of support among British adults for freedom of movement within the European Union, the United States and in selected Commonwealth countries as of 2015 [Graph], YouGov, November 19, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051223/freedom-of-movement-support/
