Brexiting yourself in the foot: why Britain’s eurosceptic regions have most to lose from EU withdrawal

New data shows that the most eurosceptic regions of the UK are the most economically integrated with the EU. At a national level, the referendum debate is boiling down to a trade-off: lower immigration by leaving, or secure the economy by remaining. But for eurosceptic regions that trade-off does not exist: by voting to leave the EU, the denizens of these regions would shrink immigration to London and other cities – while hurting their own region’s economy.

ESO: Background Information: Disunited Kingdom: Why ‘Brexit’ endangers Britain’s poorer regions http://www.europeansources.info/record/disunited-kingdom-why-brexit-endangers-britains-poorer-regions/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-and-the-impact-of-immigration-on-the-uk/

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