I was the 'perfect immigrant' – Labour's new plan still treats me like a stranger

The government doesn’t want migrants looking for opportunity. It wants those with capital, property portfolios and investment visas.

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I am a good immigrant.

I came here legally, completed my education, paid my taxes, and learnt the language. I integrated so well that I earned the highest compliment: “I couldn’t even tell, your English is so good.” And yet, I’m one of the reasons Britain is now, in the Prime Minister’s own words, an “island of strangers.”

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