-
For what it's worth, my wife (Polish) and I (British) moved back from Poland since Brexit, with all the visa hassle and expense that entailed (long story, mainly due me being naive and not understanding things with a smattering of British exceptionalism as much as I don't like to admit).
As much as I loathe the current government, moving back was right for us - mainly around job security for me, future earning potential for my wife ('unskilled'/has no formal quals), and for our kids (notably avoiding the Polish school curriculum given all the recent changes).
Plus women's/abortion rights - really wanted our second that was on the way at the time to be born here, and she was in May :)
hvsds-
My Wife (Hungarian) and I (British) moved to Hungary before brexit fully became a disaster but have since had to move back for my work which will hopefully change again in a years time.
Despite Hungarys various issues, similar to Poland, I still somehow feels better than here. I genuinely think Britain is teetering on the edge of no return to complete dark ages with corruption, unemployment and zero benefits.
Hungarys far far from perfect but I I think the EU I feel it can only go so far.
-
Yeah, definitely the right decision for me and my partner as well. Similar professional reasons to an extent (although I kept my EU job for a while after coming back). And to be honest, London is just rad, so there was a huge social pull.
And agreed: fuck the Tories. But I'm not pulling a Phil Collins yet. Not when there's still hope we'll see IDS and Johnson and ... lose their seats.
-
For balance my wife and I moved to France just before the withdrawal agreement came to an end, and I very quickly settled and decided that I never want to come back to the UK. I still haven't changed my mind, especially after returning to the UK pack up the rest of our belongings for the removers. If Brexit made me want to leave the UK, Covid took away everything that would have made me stay.
OK French life is bureaucratic and people who run businesses don't seem to like opening them much, and I am still waiting for my French driving licence, and it's pissed down constantly in 'the second-sunniest place in France' this year, but it's largely a much kinder and more socialist society, I'm settled, working again and the future we had planned for ourselves is once again possible.
SomethingOrOther
bq
As an immigrant who chose to make the UK my home (twice), I was more interested in the stories of people who've made similar decisions. There's a whole lot of negativity on here from people desperate to fuck off to anywhere else (I was one of them). So it's comforting to be reminded that we're still living in a multicultural place that people from all over have chosen to make their home.