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http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/jun/21/for-the-first-time-in-18-years-i-dont-feel-welcome-in-britain
文章来自于Guardian Education
I am a migrant from the European Union. You have probably heard lots of things about people like me in the referendum campaign, but you may not have actually heard from any of us. We have got more to lose than anyone else – our livelihoods depend on the outcome – but we do not have a voice, or a vote.
I came to live in the UK in 1998, to study for a PhD. Before that, in 1993-94, I had been an exchange student here, partly funded by the EU’s Erasmus progra妹妹e. It was on that occasion that I got to know and love Britain as an open-minded and welcoming country. My landlady was one of the kindest and warmest people I have ever met. My fellow students later came to visit me at my (then) home in Berlin, and I’m still friends with many of them. I returned to Britain as soon I could.
After finishing my PhD, I embarked on a post-doc and then moved to another university, where I worked for eight years, before taking up my current post. I have profited from the openness of UK academia and the mobility offered by EU membership. I have very rarely encountered prejudice or discrimination, and have been able to thrive as a result.
Give and take
But, as in any good partnership, I have given a lot back. I have worked hard to educate thousands of students over the years. I have undertaken research and written books and articles. I have worked as a head of department and an external examiner, and taken on countless administrative roles at my own institutions and in other bodies.
There are thousands of people like me at British universities – one study puts the figure at 15 per cent – and the country has undoubtedly benefited from the international nature of this workforce. To compete internationally, the UK’s universities have to be able to attract the best talent, wherever it is found. Success in the international rankings relies on their ability to do just that.
If the UK votes to leave, it will become less attractive not only for EU nationals, but for the brightest and best across the world. Several US-born colleagues, for example, have told me that one of the reasons they settled in the UK was because indefinite leave to remain here gave them access to the EU.
But the signs are ominous. The referendum campaign has created an atmosphere of hostility towards i妹妹igrants, in ways I have never experienced in my 18 years in this country. We are being blamed for the state of public services such as health, housing and education, and for undercutting wages, even though the real culprits – chronic underinvestment, poor planning, ineffective governance and watered-down labour laws – are entirely homemade.
The tales of intimidation and threats against pro-Remain campaigners, i妹妹igrants and their supporters are a cause for serious concern. There is no doubt that many Leave proponents are decent, thoughtful people, but there is also no doubt that parts of the campaign have played on xenophobia and emboldened nasty, violent racists.
‘It’s not you, it’s them’
I have been told: “It’s not about people like you, it’s the others.” I am, apparently, a “useful” foreigner. So who are the others they are talking about? The Polish plumbers? The Lithuanian fruit pickers? The Spanish nurses? The Greek doctors? Or is it the benefit tourists, those mythical creatures that, like the Loch Ness monster, have never actually been spotted, but that surely must exist, given the amount of conversation about them?
Even in the event of a vote to Remain, it will be difficult to control the forces that have been unleashed in this campaign. And it is difficult to imagine what the UK would turn into after a Brexit, possibly under the leadership of Messrs Johnson, Gove and Farage. What is certain, however, is that it will no longer be the country that embraced me – and that I fell in love with – all those years ago.
I don’t know whether I would be allowed to stay, but, like many others, I am beginning to wonder why I would want to. I would hate to leave the country that has been my home for almost 20 years and that has been so good to me – but if it comes to that, the real loser will be Britain.
The writer is an EU national teaching music at a Scottish university
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首先有情理，外加我自身不投票. 此外这个–Several US-born colleagues, for example, have told me that one of the reasons they settled in the UK was because indefinite leave to remain here gave them access to the EU.不合错误吧。永居和入籍两回事儿啊
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来英国那末多年早能够请求永居了吧。。。当初请求也不晚呀。。。
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very good piece
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退欧要禁止的是不奉献就拿福利的（就由于20十一年到14年对罗保等一切东欧国度片面放开free movement,才使这样的人陡然减少），退欧对象这样任务来的允许啊，为啥他以为退欧就是赶他走呢，不明确。是鼓吹没到位仍是他的了解没到位?
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随意吐吐槽，之前感觉英国人名流敌对，待久了才发现他们实际心田谁都看不起，虽然没有特别显著的种族歧视实践，然而他们的确仍是感觉本人出人头地。一开始还会和他们探讨，起初发现基本没无意义，你说你的，他们嘴上说噢噢噢，下次仍是同样的舆论。。。
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英国对nonEU始终以来都是这个态度，上学任务签证各种限度，新加的nhs费用斟酌交税的任务人士了吗
要说绝望咱们才早就绝望了，由于始终以来都是但愿咱们nonEU只奉献不讨取，就这样还不欢送
EU的当初表现绝望，但最少对其它nonEU的是偏心了吧
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关于移民增多致使的英国人不满问题
症结在于下一步怎么治理：
管制移民，仍是进一步减少移民？
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说一句大文言
假如不是英国糊口好… …
国际大城市，连外来人口(乡村来的人)都不怎么欢送，又怎么会欢送乡村来的阿三呢？
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把穆斯林放在嘴边的退欧人士，却没有想过，无论偷渡客，技术移民，投资移民，在不少英格兰白人心田深处，华人和穆斯林，罗马尼亚吉普赛人是同等的。所以一个多元的英国社会，才是最佳的选择。再过几十年，跟着教育的遍及，宗教权势会缓缓灭亡的。当初的恐惧主义才有多少年历史？而100多年来，不同的认识状态也曾给世界带来灾害的打击，形成人类不同营垒的对峙，覆灭世界的核和平剑拔弩张。n多年后的明天看起来，那只是一个时期的产物罢了，人类社会过程的一部份。将来世界将会更调和。
退欧是抱残守缺。