In what way dubious? I made a new Romanian friend a few weeks ago in Wigan, where I live. It's probable that there's some racial prejudice but it isn't bad and people accept that other people are moving around the world looking for somewhere else.
There's a lot of new people and most of them are sort of cautiously weighing up how things are and how ppl behave towards them.
Interesting statement coming from a Brexiteer. So I guess the trick is to sound empathetic while acting in the opposite fashion?
She only put's up with you because you're an interesting case.