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5 ways in which Brexit will affect teens

From job security to social issues, teens likely to get affected as the UK’s split from European Union has been confirmed

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The UK split with the EU, popularly known as the ‘Brexit’, has been confirmed. Everyone knows that while this vote was supposed to be in the interest of the country, it was actually mostly in the interest of the older people; most of UK’s youngsters were completely against it. Here’s how the Brexit is going to affect teens, from job security to social issues.

1. When the UK was in the EU, citizens could live and work in any of EU’s 28 member countries. Everyone could abide by the same terms, whether they wanted to live in Spain or France. However, now that the UK has decided to leave the EU, there is a high possibility that special visas will be required to work in the other countries, which could lead to difficulty in acquiring jobs in other EU countries. Right now, all EU country citizens have a wide pool of graduate jobs to choose from, which will no longer be a reality for UK citizens if they leave.

2. Since the UK is one of the most expensive places to study (higher education), several UK citizens who may not be able to afford it then choose to study at cheaper universities in other countries, Germany and Netherlands more often than not. As of now, more than 15,000 British students study in Europe as part of the Erasmus scheme. Now that the UK is leaving EU, they will be outside this scheme, and citizens will then have to pay higher fees and apply for costly visas in order to study abroad. Also, acceptance rates may be lower for UK students rather than students of EU member countries.

3. Brexit has not even officially started yet, but has already hurt the pound a fair bit. Several financial organizations have warned that Brexit could cause an economic reversal in the UK, which would most likely affect young people the most. If the Brexit prompts a recession, research shows that graduates entering the pool at this time will earn less than those who enter during a booming economy. Since teenagers are the ones who will be entering the economy, once Brexit starts to unfold in the next two years, it will be them who are affected the most. A study surveying the 75 top UK graduate employers revealed that 49 per cent employers were likely to lower their intake of graduates of Britain who left the EU.

4. While it is a smaller problem, even travel can become restricted due to Brexit. As of now, a British citizen could simply cross borders with no problem, this could be more difficult later. Since teens do not have the budget that an earning adult would, cheap tickets across Europe are more convenient, and are great places to travel, but after the Brexit, they would need to apply for expensive visas and have more problems getting across borders than before.

5. Brexit is a problem for Indian students as well. The biggest problem the people of UK had with Britain in the EU was immigration, and when it comes to that, Indians are at the very top. A majority of Indian university students in the UK were actually against the Brexit, because while the chances of getting a work visa in the UK were slim before the Brexit, this decision would definitely make them slimmer. Since UK citizens insist that Brexit is majorly to increase job security and employment for British people, there will be minimal immigrations to the UK at this time.

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