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Went to the same visa process recently. It left me with the feeling that foreigners were viewed with suspicion. > I doubt British people know how bizarre the p

Went to the same visa process recently. It left me with the feeling that foreigners were viewed with suspicion. > I doubt British people know how bizarre the policies that arose from their voting are either. I assumed this actually was a consequence of their voting (seems in line with Brexit).

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nicoburns 5y ago
It does seem more or less in line with the Brexit votes, but it's worth remembering that the vote was pretty close and a large chunk of the country voted against Brexit. You'll find a wide variety of attitudes to immigration within the UK.
jollybean 5y ago
It hast nothing to do with Brexit, I suggest this is actually a kind of political bigotry. Here's data showing national attitudes towards migrants [1], the UK has consistently one of, if not the most positive view in Europe towards migrants. It's always been a fairly pluralistic place relative to most places on the continent. The notion of reducing migration or having some control over it is fundamentally different that views of migrants themselves, much like there's a big distinction between regular migrants and undocumented migrants, which is sometimes conveniently ignored for political reasons. The rules for migrants are varied in every country, they are similar on the Continent in many ways where they have their own bits of weirdness. The Falkland Islands have a population of 3000, which is really, really small. Every 'small nation' especially the really tiny one's are going to have a really peculiar take on basically everything. There's either one person, or not even one person the kinds of jobs for which we take for granted. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/14/around-the-world-more-say-immigrants-are-a-strength-than-a-burden/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/14/around-the-wor...

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nicoburns 5y ago

It does seem more or less in line with the Brexit votes, but it's worth remembering that the vote was pretty close and a large chunk of the country voted against Brexit. You'll find a wide variety of attitudes to immigration within the UK.

jollybean 5y ago

It hast nothing to do with Brexit, I suggest this is actually a kind of political bigotry. Here's data showing national attitudes towards migrants [1], the UK has consistently one of, if not the most positive view in Europe towards migrants. It's always been a fairly pluralistic place relative to most places on the continent. The notion of reducing migration or having some control over it is fundamentally different that views of migrants themselves, much like there's a big distinction between regular migrants and undocumented migrants, which is sometimes conveniently ignored for political reasons. The rules for migrants are varied in every country, they are similar on the Continent in many ways where they have their own bits of weirdness. The Falkland Islands have a population of 3000, which is really, really small. Every 'small nation' especially the really tiny one's are going to have a really peculiar take on basically everything. There's either one person, or not even one person the kinds of jobs for which we take for granted. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/14/around-the-world-more-say-immigrants-are-a-strength-than-a-burden/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/14/around-the-wor...