Thread by @alexandrabulat

THREAD: Top 5 negative comments I get when speaking or writing about EU migrant rights. (+ my reaction)

5. 'Why should you have more rights than my non-EU friends?'

I am also outraged about the #hostileenvironment affecting non-EU friends. But the solution to making policy fairer for non-EU migrants is not to reduce the rights of EU migrants, but to improve everyone's rights.

4. 'You're scaremongering, they just have to complete a bloody form!'

I am glad to hear if the EU migrants you know had an easy time to apply for settled status. However, we need to recognise not everyone has the same experience and no application system reached 100% of people.

3. 'Why didn't they apply for citizenship? Their fault!'

Settled status is not citizenship. Citizenship is not automatic after you lived here many years. It does not matter if your partner is British. Please read Form AN & google the fees.

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2. 'You're not British, you should not have a say in this'

No, it's not because I am not British. You simply don't agree with my opinion. I can bet that if I said the same things about migrants and I was British (or once I get citizenship), you'll comment the same.

1. 'Go home'

I'm in London now, but I am usually home in Cambridge, UK, in the evenings.

I realised I won't ever have time to engage with all the comments and messages I receive one by one, so I selected the top five. There are many more interesting ones...