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Majority of Voters Prefer Pre-Brexit Immigration System

10/17/2025

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During the 2016 EU referendum, the Leave campaign promised to regain border control.
A POLITICO survey shows 60% Green voters, 46% Labour voters, and 49% Lib Dem voters favor the pre-Brexit immigration system.
Among Nigel Farage's Reform party supporters, 37% favor the old system, compared with 21% for the current one.
Researchers say these figures do not indicate a strong desire to revert to EU-style freedom of movement.

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Story summary

During the 2016 EU referendum, the Leave campaign promised to regain border control.
A POLITICO survey shows 60% Green voters, 46% Labour voters, and 49% Lib Dem voters favor the pre-Brexit immigration system.
Among Nigel Farage's Reform party supporters, 37% favor the old system, compared with 21% for the current one.
Researchers say these figures do not indicate a strong desire to revert to EU-style freedom of movement.