My interpretation is that the social problems around refugees is that they are refugees from poor places. Generally poor, young, uneducated and maybe traumatiz

My interpretation is that the social problems around refugees is that they are refugees from poor places. Generally poor, young, uneducated and maybe traumatized. Here in Canada the largely upper middle class Middle Eastern immigrants integrate and assimilate fairly well. On the other hand, ethnic groups from East and South Europe where we received many refugees in the 80s and 90s still have a bit of a reputation for organised crime, much as the Italians got tarred 50 years ago. Because yes, a lot of those refugees got involved with it. What else is some young Russian or Serb with no job skills and limited language skills supposed to do in the Canadian job market back then? Bring in lots of poor uneducated people who don't speak the language and no amount of cultural compatibility will defuse the problems created.