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GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY YOU FOREIGNER!

Its words I remember hearing once or twice back when I was at school and I feel that it won't be long before these words start getting shouted at us ' Immigrants '. Can't help but feel a bit unwanted and slightly hated by all this anti-immigration rhetoric! 1991 - My Mother and Father moved to the UK from Portugal bringing their four very young children (including me) along with them in search of a better life for themselves and a more promising future for their children. They knew only very basic English, having only worked a couple of summer seasons in Jersey prior to the big move, but this wasn't going to put them off the chance of having a better future.  The kids went to state schools and my parents found jobs both working as cleaners, at times working 2 or 3 jobs each just to make ends meet in expensive London. Some time later their careers progressed very well in different directions and  a lot of hard work later my parents managed to buy our f