01820nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245007600055210006900131300001000200490000600210520121700216653001101433653001301444653001601457653001601473653001601489100002001505856010101525       2020                        eng d  a2300-168200aThe Emotional Geographies of Migration and Brexit: Tales of Unbelonging0 aEmotional Geographies of Migration and Brexit Tales of Unbelongi  a29-450 v93 a<p>This article focuses on the emotionality of belonging among European Union (EU) citizens in the context of the United Kingdom&rsquo;s (UK) 2016 referendum and its result in favour of the UK leaving the EU, commonly referred to as Brexit. Drawing from testimonies of EU27 citizens in the UK (mainly mid- to long-term residents) published in a book and on blog and Twitter accounts by the not-for-profit and non-political initiative, the &lsquo;In Limbo Project&rsquo;, it explores a range of emotions which characterise the affective impact of Brexit and how they underpin two key processes disrupting the sense of belonging of EU citizens: the acquisition of &lsquo;migrantness&rsquo; and the non-recognition of the contributions and efforts made to belong. The resulting narratives are characterised by senses of &lsquo;unbelonging&rsquo;, where processes of social bonding and membership are disrupted and &lsquo;undone&rsquo;. These processes are characterised by a lack of intersubjective recognition in the private, legal and communal spheres, with ambivalent impacts on EU citizens&rsquo; longer-term plans to stay or to leave and wider implications for community relations in a post-Brexit society.</p>10aBrexit10aemotions10aEU citizens10arecognition10aunbelonging1 aMasGiralt, Rosa  uhttps://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/emotional-geographies-migration-and-brexit-tales-unbelonging