Implications of Brexit for Skilled Migration from India to the UK

AuthorNeha Vinod Betai,Rupa Chanda
DOI10.1177/00157325211012207
Date01 August 2021
Published date01 August 2021
Subject MatterArticles
Implications of Brexit
for Skilled Migration
from India to the UK
Rupa Chanda1 and Neha Vinod Betai1
Abstract
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 bor-
ders. 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
Keywords
International economics, international finance, international logistics and
international legal and technical research ideas, international marketing
Brexit and Immigration
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
Article
1 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding author:
Rupa Chanda, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru,
Karnataka 560076, India.
E-mail: rupa@iimb.ac.in
Foreign Trade Review
56(3) 289–300, 2021
© 2021 Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade
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