One in three expats living in UK 'worried about Brexit'

Suggests research by AXA Global Healthcare

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Yet only 14% would consider returning to their home country

A third (31%) of expats living in the UK are concerned about domestic politics - more so than over in the countries surveyed - research by AXA Global Healthcare has revealed. This compares with only a fifth (18%) of UK-based expats who said they were concerned by global politics, with same amount (18%) worried about terrorism. Expats living in France (22%), Canada (11%), UAE (10%) and Hong Kong (7%) were less concerned about their local political landscape than those living in Britain. Expats most concerned by the local political landscape were aged 41-50 (36%), with residents aged...

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