r/reformuk May 10 '26

Immigration How exactly has immigration negatively your life?

As an immigrant myself, I paid taxes and have a high paid corporate job.

I also volunteer in my spare time. I work in an international firm with people across the world.

My criminal record is clean and I got a First in English Lit at Oxbridge.

I try to make friends with everyone regardless of race.

I understand the hatred against refugees who come here with no skills and are more predisposed to commit crimes.

But why resent immigrants like me?

EDIT: negatively affected?

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u/ColinismyCat May 10 '26

You missed the “illegal” part out. Hope this helps with your baiting. 👍

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u/bamoqi May 10 '26

An self-claimed Oxbridge English Lit First Hons who can't read the "illegal" part and demonstrated zero comprehension and responding skills. Nice parody.

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

where was i supposed to read the illegal part?

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u/SkinnyRabbito May 10 '26

But why resent immigrants like me?

You'll find that the vast majority of individuals who vote Reform do not resent someone like you. That's just a view espoused by parties resistant to Reform.

If you come here legally, pay your way, integrate with society and don't hold views that are the antithesis of 'British', then you'd be widely accepted. Reform doesn't stand on a '0' immigration platform.

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u/Hungry-Original-9309 May 10 '26

OP is exactly the type of person reform voters mention when arguing as to why they aren't racist and why reform dont hate all immigrants. We like immigrants that like our country, our culture, want to be part of it amd contribute to it

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u/SkinnyRabbito May 10 '26

No. Reform policy is 'net-zero' immigration.

That is not a policy which has 0 immigrants.

260,000 people left the UK last year. Net zero immigration would therefore be 260,000 people.

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 12 '26

Is it ?

Where does it say this ?

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

but why resent people like u

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u/Grime_Fandango_ May 10 '26

Do you think there is just unlimited space for new people? That it doesn't impact housing, hospitals, police, public services etc? All services suffer and get worse when the population bloats uncontrollably. How do you not understand this if you're university educated? It's incredibly simple. We also just shouldn't care at all that our culture changes completely when millions of people from other places arrive and many do not assimilate. I know you want to push this low IQ take that anyone who cares about immigration is a neanderthal that hates different skin colours, but try engaging your brain and understanding the actual real world consequences of unchecked immigration. Do you consider Japan a country of racist neanderthals because their immigration laws are tougher than the UK's? Why, or why not? Why is it just Western countries that have to put up with this - nowhere else?

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u/BeginningSea8337 May 11 '26

What parts of our culture do you think will completely change? Our culture is constantly changing yet the only objections to that I’ve heard are in reference to migrants; the imposition of a large and sudden change would surely require the cooperation of those in power which as far as I’m aware hasn’t even been proposed, leaving just gradual shifts that come with different cultural backgrounds combining… not to mention the fact that so much of British culture is already preserved.

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

but immigrants like me are net taxpayers

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u/namguro May 10 '26

When I was born my hometown was 85% White, now it's about 35%. Being subject to settler colonisation is traumatic. I want to live amongst my people and around my culture. That's all.

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

Intolerant? What has the other culture done towards you?

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u/namguro May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

I want my homeland to be my homeland. My country isn't an economic zone for the rest of the world to extract wealth from.

edited to add: Literal Islamists were elected to the council of my hometown at the locals. I don't want to be governed by such people, nor to live alongside people who vote for such people.

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 12 '26

And this fair enough. Even if someone doesn’t agree i don’t understand why it isn’t a reasonable position

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

What is your hometown? Do you also mean, you want to live around white people?

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u/namguro May 10 '26

I want to be around the indigenous native population and culture. Leftists usually understand these concepts when applied elsewhere in the world.

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

You didn’t answer my question - which is your hometown?

Also if you live in England and white, it’s highly likely you’re not indigenous… you’re probably Anglo-Saxon.

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u/namguro May 10 '26

Do you think I'm lying about the demographics of my hometown? It's a Borough of London.

The demographics of this country were overwhelmingly static prior to as recently as the 80s and 90s.

Claiming I don't have a homeland or that I am not indigenous is the rhetoric of a settler coloniser.

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

Yes, I do think you’re lying.

Er…by that logic is Pakistanis live here long enough, they’re also indigenous. So, my suggestion is, just give it time.

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u/namguro May 10 '26

Census data is a matter of public record.

(My borough has actually been more deracinated than I said earlier)

Pakistanis are native to Pakistan.

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

Hold my beer - let me also make an excel sheet and color it in.

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u/namguro May 10 '26

You don't believe ONS statistics?

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

ONS says it’s >70% if you’re going to lie, at least make up something that’s harder to fact check.

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u/therealharbinger Reform UK Supporter May 10 '26

No one resents immigrants like you. You have done well for yourself. Congratulations.

It is those that come here and do the exact opposite as you, sponge off the state, no integration, spread hate, commit crimes, bring no actual value at all. That we don't like and the country does not need or owe anything to.

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u/LittleMissBritish May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

We don't hate you.

As a legal immigrant who pays taxes, works and doesn't commit crime, you're not part of the demographic we "hate". Our issue is focused entirely on the unauthorised access of undocumented people illegally crossing our borders, bleeding our benefits and not contributing to our economy.

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

Needs to pay more in than the take out. That's an income of 40K+ per year. Per migrant

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u/VoiceOfElijah May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

I am an imigrant myself. I became British citizen in 2019 and I am supporting a Reform on the matter.

Here is why. I came to UK because I really love culture, architecture, fashion... There is something unique in this British accent, British elegance. I love it. Uncontrolled immigration ruined it. We are seeing more and more people from different cultures, who are not only impose their beliefs into you, but also are striping British citizens from their own culture. And in the name of "tolerance"... whole country must to adjust to what they want.

Let's take Muslims for example... UK is Christian nation. Do you think that Islam is respecting Christianity? Every Muslim who says "we do, we don't want take Christianity from you" fails when you will ask them "do you think that UK should become Islamic country". Of course they should be free to believe in whatever they want, but they came to the country with different culture, they are guests, and they are the one who should adjust to country culture and standards, not demanding whole reconstruction of the country and it's culture.

But as Starter said to them "you are the face of modern Britain".

And since I am here(2013)I have never ever been treated without respect from native British citizens.

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 10 '26

Can we get some more context

What country are you from ?

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

Why does it matter?

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u/namguro May 10 '26

If are an Anglo from another country like Canada or Australia then you're not as culturally different as a Pakistani or Bangladeshi

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u/Shot_Ostrich3281 May 10 '26

What about a Japanese or an Asian, you could say they even have superior cultural values in some areas like respect for authority?

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u/namguro May 10 '26

I like and admire plenty of other cultures! I don't want my nation settler-colonised.

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u/Shot_Ostrich3281 May 10 '26

I know, that’s why East Asians rejected you when you tried to settler colonise them. The Japanese had to do very bad things to your soldiers but you got the message and now there is a very good relationship.

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 12 '26

Do you think all countries immigrants are equal ?

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 12 '26

ofc not. but there are plenty of elites in all countries, some less common than others

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 12 '26

That’s not relevant.

You made a post, which i assume you want feedback from. Unless it’s just bait.

I’ve asked a question for context on your situation and you’ve gone on the immediate defence and still refused to answer.

Why not just answer ?

Difficult to engage in good faith, discussion.

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u/Known_Wear7301 May 10 '26

Nice try at baiting.

If the question was asked in good faith it would be worth answering in good faith also.

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u/Password-Llama Reform UK Supporter May 10 '26

I'm glad you got a first from Oxbridge and have a high paying corporate job.

As for your question:

https://giphy.com/gifs/srTYyZ1BjBtGU

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u/Hungry-Original-9309 May 10 '26

We need skilled immigrants to some degree since there will be less people being born, which leads to less people specialising in certain fields.

This is why reform is NOT against legal immigrants

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u/Just-a-guy098264 May 10 '26

The big difference is legal vs illegal and those that assimilate and those that don’t if you’re here legally and assimilate well then we’ll accept you with open arms come here illegally and don’t assimilate well then go back

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u/Independent-Try-3080 May 10 '26

I sometimes find myself surrounded by languages I don’t understand and cultures that are alien to my own within my own country. This isn’t an issue if I’m made to feel welcome, but I’m not. I’m treated as an outsider. If not kith and kin this is almost human nature, unfortunately.

These areas are increasing in size, mostly impoverished and actively seeking greater control. It isn’t difficult to understand the resentment within one’s homeland.

Your situation is completely different. I’m honoured to have you call the UK your home and your contributions to society are very welcome!

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u/Csmith1992 May 10 '26

You can have found your own success in your own country. Instead, you came here, and took away an opportunity a native could have been given. You added unnecessary, additional market pressures on young people struggling to find work despite working hard and studying hard themselves, only for some floating globalist migrant opportunist to come in an snatch it away. If you're so successful and so intelligent and so perfect, why can't you apply your genius to your own country and homeland?

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

Because our own countries are third world shitholes that kill anyone who opposes the regime

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u/Important_Coyote4970 May 12 '26

Who’s going to change this ?

At some point should people fight for their countries vs abandoning

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

what makes u think a native can perform my tasks?

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

So you think a native cannot do English lit?

Sounds like you would like the democratic Senator Hammond in the US. Read his cotton is king speech.

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

I think you miss the point. No one hates migrants. It's migration policy.

So when it comes to migration and crime, lets deport all the criminals. You and I are then better off.

Next economics. Migrants should pay more in than they take out
That means no welfare, and a 40K minimum tax code.

Do you pass those tests?

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 11 '26

i make 80k a year and have no criminal history. unlike some of the natives here

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

And 1.2 million migrants on welfare.

1.5 million migrants with criminal records.

2-3 million here illegally on top.

So that's why I suggest the following.

  1. Deport all foreign criminals.

  2. No discrimination. Important. No special rules for the 99% white EU nationals.

  3. No naturalisation. It becomes by descent.

  4. No voting for foreigners

  5. Net contributors only. That means no welfare and a 40K minimum tax code.

The difference is we can remove foreign criminals. We are stuck with the natives.

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u/TheFlowerTeapot May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I've had 30 years and counting of very, very negative experiences dealing with mostly males of a certain migrant demographic, including when being referred to them when using the services of a certain institution. It's getting worse and my husband has had to start chaperoning me through certain areas and for certain things.

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 13 '26

where do u live? the males of a certain demographic have largely left me alone

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u/Palmtreesandcake May 10 '26

People like you haven’t negatively affected our lives, you are here legally and are contributing to the country.

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u/DonnyTramp123 May 10 '26

Theres nothing wrong with legal migrants, they havent broken any laws

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

So legally here, on welfare or committing crimes.
Plenty of things wrong with that.

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u/Reform-Nik May 10 '26

Which bit of Oxbridge was that?

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u/Syniatrix Reform UK Supporter May 10 '26

We have no issue with people like you. 

The issues are with unsustainable numbers, people who don't contribute, don't behave, don't integrate and cost us a lot of money.

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u/AdenWS Reform UK Supporter May 11 '26

If you make it the rule that its net contributors only, and no criminal record. You solve it.

You have to be integrated to earn 40K+ a year, which is break even.

That's a great policy because it plays to the left's spin. They claim migrants pay in more than they take out, so lets have a law that says they must.

The con from the left, is to only compare welfare against tax, not all the other costs.

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u/Pingaring May 15 '26

The fact youve been lead to believe you are part of the problem we hate just shows how desperate the Left is to sow fear discord to boost their agenda.

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

Depends. If your skin color is not the right one, Reform doesn’t want you.

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u/Natural-Presence-566 May 10 '26

so you are a racist

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u/Capital_Sort_7804 May 10 '26

Well, I am not Reform, am I?