tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post1126776913783546800..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Honest workThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-53141550826631797012009-07-29T09:24:23.281+01:002009-07-29T09:24:23.281+01:00@Charles I didn't know about those illegal imm...@Charles I didn't know about those illegal immigrant figures. Thanks for that.<br /><br />Mind you, like the people you mention, I'm caucasian and speak '(a version of) English'. Unlike them, I am a legal resident with indefinite leave to remain. But I <i>have</i> occasionally come in for abuse. I have been told more than once to go back where I came from, and that it is a shameful thing to do to have taken a job that should have gone to an English person.The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-69506365498904203052009-07-29T08:51:45.645+01:002009-07-29T08:51:45.645+01:00Very good point, Karyn.
Most people don't kn...Very good point, Karyn. <br /><br />Most people don't know it, but the two countries with the highest number of ILLEGAL workers in the UK (as opposed to legal immigrants, which is the case with the vast majority of low-paid jobs you've mentioned) are:<br /><br />1. The USA<br />2. Australia<br /><br />The main reason is because they are 'overstayers' - i.e. came on on a time-limited visa and stayed. <br /><br />And these people DO tend to take jobs that UK nationals are prepared to do. <br /><br />However, we don't hear howls of abuse about them. They're usually caucasian and speak (a version of) English, rather than being 'nasty foreigners'.. Are the British xenophobes? Surely 'non'!Charles Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220891611333165590noreply@blogger.com