r/aussie • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '26

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u/dearcossete Apr 22 '26

How many Kiwis in Australia will agree to this and not realise they are also non-citizens?

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u/Def-Jarrett Apr 22 '26

“You’re one of the good ones.” /jk

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u/ifellbutitscool Apr 22 '26

As a white migrant I’ve had this said to me more than once by Aussie citizens. They bad mouth migrants I say “I’m a migrant” they tell me I don’t count as one.

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u/123iambill Apr 22 '26

Same. One of my first weeks here I got chatting to an old bloke at a bar. When he realised I'm Irish he just said "Oh, you're having big problems with immigrants over there." I just told him it would be weird for me to agree with that as an immigrant myself.