It might seem like I’m intruding, but I really can relate, although I’m white. So white, that I’m practically colourless.

My country is a relatively new addition to the European Union and people started to migrate to other countries from Europe for work, to be able to provide for their families, as in my country everything got to a halt in production, nothing worked anymore, and a job was almost impossible to find. Luckily for me, I didn’t have to, I was doing alright for myself, I only went abroad for tourism and leisure. At first, shortly after the fall of communism, all Europe welcomed and embraced us, and I was proud to say I came from Romania. France especially loved us, as we were the best francophone people at some point. Now France is the first to hate us, Italy loathes us, and lately England can’t stand us, Spain, Austria, Sweden and other counties are quickly coming along. Because, with the hardworking honest people, this migration was the opportunity for delinquents to expand their area of ‘activity’, and their wrongdoings are so much more visible. We are the ugly Romanians now ( Menkeroth , I summon you, are you around somewhere?) . Some innocent people were even killed only for being Romanians. It is the curse of the good to always pay for the bad, ever since biblical times. When I’m alone in England or somewhere else, to my shame, I avoid to say where I’m from or, if I’m asked, I say I’m Russian or Polish (I have the looks that help me to be believable) and pray to God there isn’t some Russian or Pole around to start talking to me. The other countries have devised some new rules to keep us outside, but as usual, rules are and work only for honest people. Delinquents keep hemorrhaging there and nothing stops them from doing their thing.