I suppose it depends on WHERE you live Spiritus and on your personal experience.It's a diverse country.
Agreed but if you live in an area where there is high immigration then presumably that makes you more qualified to discuss the merits and issues associated with immigration then someone who thinks they know better than you from watching the news or reading a newspaper.
Everything in life is subjective. If you live on the north pole you're unlikely to find immigration much of a problem. If you live in the leafy avenues of Windsor, St Annes, and hundreds of other places in the UK then you may also wonder what all the fuss is about. However, if you happen to live in the larger conurbations, Leicester, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, London etc then the problems (which are real problems) will hit you in the face.
And let's be clear about this and I'd like to echo Lyzko's comment as he is 100% correct
Asians never really have and those from Third-World Muslim countries seem not to at all, public relations aside.
In other words, muslims are not very successful at integrating into western societies.
It always saddens me to see that a significant chunk of anti-immigrant sentiment comes from areas where immigration has been relatively small
Right. So it saddens you if someone has a negative view of muslim immigration who comes from an area where immigration has been small BUT if someone has a negative view of muslim immigration who comes from an area where immigration is high then you accuse them of "fear and impotent rage". At what point do you consider someone's else counter-opinion ? Only when it falls in line with your own ideas ?