Do you see boat migrants different from 2nd/3rd gen migrants? I ask this as a 3rd gen South Asian… Typical family story of a SA, came in 50s/60s, helped rebuild country post WW2, invited over, history with the empire before that. When my mates talk about the boat thing, I don’t know what to say?

I want to know what people actually think of this matter, is there a true difference between migrants on the boats, and those invited over. Reason I ask is because, I feel even though I’m 3rd gen, family invited over, we’re still descendants of migrants, so having a view on this that’s negative is frowned upon because we’re descendants of migrants ourselves, legal or illegal regardless and feels wrong aswell, like in a way hypocritical kind of?