EU nationals’ vulnerability in the context of Brexit: the case of Polish nationals

Lahuerta, Sara Benedi; Iusmen, Ingi

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2019.1710479

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Brexit unsettled many UK‐CEE community members, challenging feelings of belonging, entitlement and trust. 24 , 62 , 69 , 77 , 107 , 115 , 148 Difficulties and concerns in applying for or being granted (pre‐)settled status, particularly for vulnerable CEE nationals, have been reported, 149 , 150 alongside presumed loss of access to general practice services, 77 , 151 payment requirements or disclosure to UK authorities. 33 , 81 In keeping with this, 152 describe the impact of dynamic power structures within NHS maternity services on care for undocumented migrants.…”

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The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

Poppleton

Howells

Adeyemi

et al. 2022

Health Expectations

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Background: Around 2 million people have migrated from Central and Eastern Europe to the UK since 2004. The UK Central and Eastern European Community (UK-CEE) are disproportionately exposed to the social determinants of poor physical and mental health. Their health and healthcare beliefs remain under-researched, particularly regarding primary care. Objective: This review explores UK-CEE community members' use and perceptions of UK general practice. Methods: A systematic search of nine bibliographic databases identified 2094 publications that fulfilled the search criteria. Grey literature searches identified 16 additional relevant publications. Screening by title and abstract identified 201 publications of relevance, decreasing to 65 after full-text screening. Publications were critically appraised, with data extracted and coded. Thematic analysis using constant comparison allowed generation of higher-order thematic constructs. Results: Full UK-CEE national representation was achieved. Comparatively low levels of GP registration were described, with ability, desire and need to engage with GP services shaped by the interconnected nature of individual community members' cultural and sociodemographic factors. Difficulties overcoming access and in-consultation barriers are common, with health expectations frequently unmet. Distrust and dissatisfaction with general practice often persist, promoting alternative healthseeking approaches including transnational healthcare. Marginalized UK-CEE community subgroups including Roma, trafficked and homeless individuals have Health Expectations.

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The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

Poppleton

Howells

Adeyemi

et al. 2022

Health Expectations

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“…EU citizens had a negative experience with Brexit. They reported the rise in prejudice towards them (Rzepnikowska, 2018) and feel more vulnerable even if they never experienced any prejudice themselves (Benedi Lahuerta, Iusmen, 2020). This had negative consequences on their mental health and well-being (Teodorowski et al, 2019).…”

Section: The United Kingdom and Brexitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spór migracyjny wśród użytkowników Tweetera w #BrexitDay

Teodorowski

2020

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Liberal states simultaneously pursue policies of encouraging and controlling (un)desired immigration. Forces of representative democracy, nationhood, constitutionalism, and capitalism - each call for distinct migration strategy. Previous research focusing on attitudes towards migration used quantitative methods examining values and perceptions that influence people’ opinions. Still, it did not explore the diversity and complexity of sentiments. This paper aims to provide a more nuanced perspective based on tweets at and around the last day of the British membership in the European Union (31 January 2020). Data were collected using NCapture- a web-browser extension which downloaded tweets with hashtags #Brexit, #BrexitDay and #BrexitEve, and imported them directly to NVivo. Seven batches of tweets were captured on 30-31 January and 1, 7-10 February; extracting 250,095 published between 23 January and 10 February. All retweets, duplicates, non-English tweets and spam were removed; leaving 888 tweets for the analysis. The dataset was coded twice; assigning sentiments towards Brexit as positive (n=203), negative (n=586) or neutral (n=99), and using inductive thematic analysis.The findings showed the division of discourse on migration were more complicated than merely in favour and against immigration. Interestingly, they also exhibited the shift in the British debate from benefits and drawbacks of immigration to the reciprocity of migration policies in the future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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“…Secondly, there was a rise in discrimination and abuse (Home Office, 2016; Rzepnikowska, 2019), although EU citizens did not always report incidents (Sime, 2020). Some sensed that previously covert racism became more open, legitimised by the referendum result (Benedi Lahuerta & Iusmen, 2020; Guma & Dafydd Jones, 2019; Sime, 2020). Thirdly, some EU citizens reported feelings of rejection, a reduced sense of belonging (Ranta & Nancheva, 2019; Tyrrell et al, 2019), and increased self‐consciousness about speaking in their native tongue in public (Benedi Lahuerta & Iusmen, 2020).…”

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Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

Teodorowski

Woods

Czarnecka³

et al. 2021

Population Space and Place

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The ‘Brexit’ referendum represents a hostile shift in the United Kingdom's acculturative context. With its remain majority and pro‐migration political discourse, Scotland appears less hostile than the rest of the United Kingdom. We explored whether and how Brexit affected the mental health of European Union citizens living in Scotland. Thirty EU citizens took part in seven focus groups. Participants reported three main sources of acculturative stress: uncertainty, feelings of rejection and experiences of loss. These were associated with a range of negative emotional and mental states including anxiety, anger, shock and sadness. A minority reported severe difficulties including trauma, panic attacks and deterioration of existing physical and mental health conditions. Participants mobilised contrasts between Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom to partially mitigate feelings of rejection. These findings indicate that the United Kingdom's hostile acculturative context has had important, enduring effects on the mental health of EU citizens in Scotland.

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EU nationals’ vulnerability in the context of Brexit: the case of Polish nationals

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

Spór migracyjny wśród użytkowników Tweetera w #BrexitDay

Brexit, acculturative stress and mental health among EU citizens in Scotland

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