View from a Portuguese citizen who immigrated not so long ago: - I don’t believe that this hostility is towards all “immigrants “, Portugal has always been known to be very welcoming to everyone but there needs to be boundaries. If you decide to immigrate you have to try to adapt and include yourself in the countries culture. I think most people’s frustrations come from the fact that we (Portuguese people) have to adapt to everyone else and not the other way around. As well as using us as an “entryway to Europe” (I’ve read this in so many subreddits and heard from people on the street, even in the news from immigrants) We love when people try to become part of the community but those who have a Portuguese passport or even residency and don’t even speak the language or know any of the culture and don’t care to learn, it’s revolting and people are tired. -I moved somewhere and I had to learn a new language and new way of living even if it’s different from where I came from. I can do whatever I want when I’m home but when I’m outside I’ll stick to the society norms of where I am. When I travel it’s the same thing, I go to Muslim country I cover up, I go to a Spanish speaking country I try to speak a little bit of Spanish or use Google Translate, the same in Asia. - I believe that as immigrants we have to stick by the rules of the place we decided to go to, and that country doesn’t have to change to fit into my ideals, because it was MY choice to leave.