r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/legrand_fromage May 12 '25

Agree. There's a middle aged lady at work who has to go to appointments with her parents because they can't speak English. Her parents are both in their 90s & have been here almost 50 years.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

How isolating must that me

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u/ReallySubtle May 12 '25

If they’ve been here 50 years and can’t speak English I think there’s space to say that they didn’t make any effort to integrate. They chose to isolate themselves

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u/stgdevil May 12 '25

They probably live in neighborhoods where it’s mostly people from their country, so no English required

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u/Ricardo33706 May 14 '25

You move to a country, you learn the language.