Why is there so much more anti immigration sentiment NOW?

The difference just might be in one having brought children over and one not - let's face it, dependants require resources.

This!

Like her or not, Kemi Badenoch said something really interesting in relation to immigration:
'We don't want Britain to turn into the sorts of countries these people are running away from'.
I think that's a sentiment shared by many.

People have NO problem with anyone who wants to come to Britain to work, pay taxes and contribute positively to our country. NONE.
Those who repeatedly suggest they do, haven't been - and are still not - paying attention...

I’ve seen much anti-Albanian, anti-Kosovan, anti-Romanian sentiment since Brexit.

It has died down quite a lot though in the past few years .

I, however , remember it well "hordes" , "invasion" etc. , etc. . The rhetoric hasn't changed, just the target.

I was in hospital recently following surgery. There wasn't a single English nurse on the ward, and from what I saw, there wasn't a single non white, English patient either. We need to recruit the staff because there is a massive shortage, it's not because the wards are experiencing an influx of immigrant patients. From my friends who have parents in nursing homes they say the same, the staff are predominantly African and Indian.

For example; I have number of Ukrainian and Lithuanian builders locally where people seem to be keen to use their service. Single men, running businesses.

Sri Lankans working in the care sector who brought their children over. Much disapproval and dislike and considered a source of antisocial behaviour.

Both groups are contributing to the economy, but only one is considered locally as undesirable.

To be fair I see negative sentiment toward anyone who appears (not I say appears) to be here to take as opposed to give, even in the longer term.
It's not just in the UK that we have this issue.

I’ve seen much anti-Albanian, anti-Kosovan, anti-Romanian sentiment since Brexit.

It's not nonsense at all. Where I live, the impact of the increasing population is huge. I don't understand why you can't see this is causing so many problems.

We wouldn't need that many NHS staff if we didn't have the big increase in population.

Again, I'm not sure the point of your post.

You said "it's not racist not to want a completely open doors policy". I'm pointing out that we don't have, and further I'll add that no one has suggested we should.

You'll forgive me but the racism I see is all about those who are not white, post Brexit. It seems to have taken the country backwards

Is the anti-Polish sentiment also about skin colour?

45,755 people arrived in small boats in 2022, 36,816 in 2024 (according to BBC). In 1975 that number was around 800. There are so many people wanting to escape their countries for a multitude of reasons and it is a really big problem for many countries.

Yes exactly. There are some really deluded people who think the conversation is is about nationality or lawfulness. No. It's about skin colour. There are new mealy mouthed phrases to deal with this issue so you don't automatically sound like the BNP of course, with innocent sounding phrases for certain groups.

Why?

Pressure on housing, pressure on schools, pressure on the NHS, pressure on other infrastructure.

People who have spent a lifetime contributing to the UK Exchequer find themselves struggling to get a doctor's appt for their loved ones while watching economic migrants being housed and fed.

When money is tight people will fight for resources.

Agree about the nhs. I was in icu recently and 90pc of the excellent nurses were Asian. They had been offered great packages to come over during covid. They spoke about coming over in phase one or two of covid.

I'm not sure why you felt the need to write that, because I didn't say we did.

Because the country is busting at the seams. The NHS can't cope, too many ppl wanting a free service. Families having or bringing multiple children here and expecting to be housed, fed and watered.

Schools full and children's needs not fully being met. There are some schools now where English is a second language!

Im no racist I'm all for migration. But we are a tiny island with a failing education system and failing NHS etc there's waiting lists as long as your arm same in housing.

We don't have a "complete open door policy".

How can the incoming population not be a drain on current resources, with this is mind?

The truth is that without immigration our already-on-its-knees NHS would completely fall apart. Hospital wards are being run by Indian and Filipino nursing staff. Many consultants are being recruited in from overseas. Immigrants are paying hefty visa fees for every person in the family and this includes an NHS fee. Contrary to what you read on social media, the overwhelming majority are not in social housing (nor would they even be entitled), or on benefits. Regardless, a lot of the "illegal immigrant" talk on facebook community groups just means anyone who isn't white. They have no idea where they are from, what their status is or who they are. They aren't white though, so they must be a threat.

I'm not anti-immigrant but immigration needs to be a more controlled manner than it currently is. It's not racist (or anything else -ist) not want a complete open doors policy.

People are much less inhibited publicly since Brexit, which was a strongly anti immigrant vote in many areas.

I think overall there was a lot of naivety about the degree of integration in the UK which is quite limited. The riots and commentary in the right wing newspapers show that quite clearly that a lot of voters did not agree. It's just they feel empowered to say so in public; the conversation never stopped in private.

You need to distinguish between attitudes to immigration and immigrants.

Mass immigration, especially among the lower skilled and those less willing to integrate, hasn't delivered the benefits promised by politicians. So it's reasonable to ask whether the system needs changing. That's rational political discourse.

Immigration can be legal and illegal.
People are fed up with the illegal side of it.
It's a strain on housing, infrastructure and government resources.

COL doesn't help, folk are struggling and seeing constant photos on social media of illegal immigrants being handed phones, hotel rooms, money....And higher crime rates.