After the Brexit referendum of 2016 it was often reported that older people in the UK were more set in their ways and were among those who most resented immigration and strong ties with the rest of Europe. Younger people, it was said, were much more cosmopolitan and more inviting of contacts with people from different cultures and nationalities, including immigrants.
Well, not so fast. Recently published sociological research suggests that many younger people in England actually have anti-immigrant attitudes. These are linked to perceptions that immigrants pose an economic and cultural threat and possible challenges in terms of ideas about citizenship — the belief, for example, that immigrants are undeserving and exploit the welfare system.
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