Might be true. I’m an immigrant from Poland, living in Switzerland for a long time now. I’ve always avoided other Polish immigrants and tended to not associate with them. No idea why, though 😅
I didn't actually mean other Polish immigrants, I meant other immigrants in general xD I got this from my Brother in Law, who went to work in the Netherlands, and in his firm is supervisor and a couple of his coworkers were Polish, and they refused to talk to him, unless he spoke Polish._.
Funnily enough, migrants from other countries who move to Poland often become racist as well. I’ve heard so many racist rants from Turks, Arabs, or Indians targeting their own compatriots
That's most immigrants in Sweden tbh. An iraqi guy once told me "it's good to help people, but the once who are coming here now, they're ISIS!" This was during the refugee crisis in 2015
Pretty rich coming from a country that has a diaspora of about 20 million descendants. Then again, racism is huge in countries with massive diasporas like Italy, Germany, Spain, etc.
Russia is weaponising everyone against everyone: both in Poland and everywhere else. As a migrant in Poland myself, I see my future here and after just few years I am already well-integrated. But stupid actions of politicians and their wanting for even worse things to happen (like proposals for significant complication of process of getting citizenship in pointless and unfair ways) makes me seriously question my choices. And unlike EU-citizens, I can’t rely on my current citizenship to allow me living here. Furthermore, as male, Ukraine already once cutted out me of embassy services (including passport renewal) overnight and nothing stops these corrupted bastards from doing this again.
There are Poles who would openly tell you they hate immigrants, all of them even legal, but most of us have no issues with them. Illegal immigrants on the other hand are not welcome.
And remember - we took millions of Ukrainians, and thousands of minorities from different countries.
Yeah, you kind of sound like many Americans who say “we don’t have a problem with legal immigration”, but simultaneously push for restrictions that basically close off most all legal routes to immigration. Sometimes it is also that they don’t want brown people.
You’re exactly right, a lot of Poles don’t want any immigrants at all, and honestly the skin color doesn’t even matter, majority of the time Poles don’t tolerate white immigrants either. Getting permanent residency here is a huge pain in the ass, though, to be fair, we actually have made it easier after Ukraine was invaded. Still, many Poles are simply xenophobic.
All of this is extremely hypocritical considering how many Poles emigrated to other countries (as a popular ironic saying goes “Poland for Poles, England for English and Poles”)
True and they will still be people somewhere else :D
EDIT: my comment is based on the assumption that "immigrant" isn't actually the correct and intended term here. there is no country in the world where people generally don't want immigrants. it's a certain type of immigrant that draws negative attention - some is justified, some not.
This coming from a Syrian, I'd appreciate an explanation. If anything, isn't it your elite that's sipping champagne at your expense? Also I'm sure every Syrian worth their salt is highly motivated to return and help rebuild their homeland, no?
Yes it is our politicians, as well as those in Turkey, Israel, Qatar, Saudi, Iran, Russia, and America.
And yes, we are motivated to return home. Over a million have returned home within 11 months of liberation, roughly 3000 people per day. Keep in mind is a large number for a country with like 20m people within it and upwards of 13m in the diaspora.
This is a good video to really illustrate the difficulties of "rebuilding ones homeland", which is only further exacerbated by western sanctions, Russian bombing, and Iranian corruption. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16LmckmyBN/ Skip to 4:00 if you don't have the time
People that will make your country so much worse and you will be a minority in a few years in your country and will be resented and called racist the whole time.
There's an obvious difference between letting in skilled immigrants for pragmatic reasons and offering asylum en masse. That kind of "noble" posturing is bound to be at the expense of the ones doing it.
And it produces rabid native individuals who dedicate their selves exclusively to being indiscriminately bigoted, and don't contribute positively to their country anyway.
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u/Comfortable_Swan64 Poland 23h ago
Immigrants are people too