Tony Blair has warned Labour voters not to fall for right-wing anti-European Union arguments.
The former Prime Minister said there was an "unholy alliance" of pro-Brexit campaigners who wanted to build a "completely different" kind of UK.
That vision included stripping back workers' rights and the social security system, he said.
He also hit out at what he described as proposals to turn the UK into a "free market offshore" trading power for the rest of the world.
The former Labour leader also said that the Remain campaign has so far been "strong and effective".
It was "focusing on the right issues" he said.
Mr Blair also rejected claims that his Labour government had let too many immigrants into the UK.
He said migrants had contributed more to Britain's economy than they had taken out in benefits.
And if he thought he had allowed too many to come to the UK, Mr Blair said: "I don't.”
He was speaking at an event in London organised by the Centre on Religion & Geopolitics (CRG) and Prospect magazine in central London.
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