There is a dominant narrative in the UK, certainly in liberal media circles and on the losing side of the 2016 European Union withdrawal referendum, that small-minded xenophobia was a major driving force behind Brexit.
Anti-immigration themes were prevalent during the campaign, and parts of the discourse and rhetoric turned ugly. The win for the Leave movement was widely seen as a victory for right-wing populists.
But new research from a group of four universities suggests something that may seem counter-intuitive: Brexit actually changed people's perspectives of immigrants for the better - in both Remain and Leave-voting areas.
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