In Spring 2019, 68 percent of people in the United Kingdom supported the freedom of movement of EU citizens, while almost a fifth were against it. Support for freedom of movement has been steadily increasing after the share of people against reached a high of 30 percent in Spring 2016.
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Are you for or against the free movement of EU citizens who can live, work, study and do business anywhere in the EU? [Graph], European Commission, August 13, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061840/support-for-freedom-of-movement-in-the-uk/