Immigrants Against Immigration: British Ethnic Minority Brexit Voter Attitudes to Immigration

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Support for Brexit among ethnic minority voters reflects complex attitudes toward immigration and diversity.
Interviews with 30 ethnic minority voters indicate strategic positioning as 'good' immigrants against 'bad' Eastern European migrants.
Focus groups illustrate how white British voters' immigration views often conflate ethnic minorities with EU migrants.
This research highlights the notable contradiction of minoritized groups supporting tighter immigration controls.

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Focus groups reveal immigrant support for Brexit through concerns about immigration and racial diversity among ethnic minority voters in the UK.

Neema Begum (2025) studied this question.

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Focus groups reveal immigrant support for Brexit through concerns about immigration and racial diversity among ethnic minority voters in the UK.