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Isn't it a truism that first generation migrants don't integrate?
Their children, however, do, even if that integration also brings aspects of their grand/parent's culture into their new home.
The idea that people that arrive in a country must suddenly act in the same way as the natives is ludicrous.
NotThamesWater
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My point is that your average Somalian, say, has no interest whatsoever in integrating with the 'natives'. They have different interests, different social mores, different moral perspectives. Just like the British ex-pats in Spain don't really have any interest in assimilating with the Spanish. It cuts all ways.
It's not necessarily racism or prejudice, because in a work context people tend to get on. It's more that people like what they know, know what they like. It's actually quite an effort to intentionally diversify ones social circle.