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Daily mail article, integration has failed in Germany. Aibu to agree with article?

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Mimififi · 31/07/2024 12:00

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13687565/Children-radicalised-mosques-11-knives-crime-verdict-German-child-refugee-charity-integration-failed-asylum-seekers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=

Aibu to agree to an extent?

German refugee charity warns 'integration has FAILED'

In a bombshell interview, staff at a leading youth organisation in Germany have said the continuing influx of refugees means the system is at breaking point. They called for a 'freeze' in admissions.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13687565/Children-radicalised-mosques-11-knives-crime-verdict-German-child-refugee-charity-integration-failed-asylum-seekers.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss

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suburburban · 31/07/2024 17:20

Sorry dgps

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:30

Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 17:08

How about the documented massive increase in rapes and sexual assault in Germany and Sweden, with non-German and non-Swedish perpetrators being disproportionately represented? Would you call that a disaster or a failure? Do you consider women to be collateral damage?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-pm-says-integration-immigrants-has-failed-fueled-gang-crime-2022-04-28/

Sweden.

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Piggywaspushed · 31/07/2024 17:40

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:14

And I replied to you that I had no idea what motivated the man in Dublin to & stab the children.

Excellent so probably not a failure to integrate then and no longer necessarily his Algerianness. But not mental illness because that was a 'card'.

Got it.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:40

That is specifically referring to rapes & that is really positive that there has been no increase despite falsified statistics initially suggesting otherwise.
However Sweden's Prime Minister has admitted integration has failed there specifically referring to knife & gang culture.

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Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 17:42

Three Swedish academics researching this analysis of rapes and sexual assaults accidentally stumbled on some shocking data about migrant status. They were subsequently prosecuted for publishing it.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8330751/

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Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 17:44

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:42

I got literally three paragraphs into your article there before realising it was bollocks. Perpetuating the myth of the Swedish no-go zone is really not a good look if you are trying to make a valid point about Sweden.

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 17:48

Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 17:42

Three Swedish academics researching this analysis of rapes and sexual assaults accidentally stumbled on some shocking data about migrant status. They were subsequently prosecuted for publishing it.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8330751/

Link to the info about them being prosecuted for publishing it?

Sunhatweather · 31/07/2024 17:49

Bushmillsbabe · 31/07/2024 17:16

Unfortunately I had a very similar experience. We used to live in London in an area with a high Somalian and Pakistani commuinity, and going to the park and to school was a really isolating experience. My daughter got called a 'trashy white slut' at 4 for wearing shorts in the summer and when children played with her they were called over by their mums and told not to. No one would speak to me. At school she was really isolated, so part of the way through reception we moved out of London to a small village, which was much friendlier and more open commuinity towards us.

This is it. This is why we need to be able to speak honestly and openly about what is happening without being called racist.
I’ve had similar experiences, yet also have some amazing friends from a number of different backgrounds and religions who would be appalled at these types of behaviour.
I’m from an immigrant background. I have light brown skin, so not ‘white’.
We need to be able to talk about religious fundamentalism, especially within Islam, which is a growing faith/culture here, and how it clashes with UK culture of sexual equality and acceptance of LGBTQ+. That’s not racist - it’s people wanting to ensure UK laws and culture is respected while welcoming people of different cultures here.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:49

Piggywaspushed · 31/07/2024 17:40

Excellent so probably not a failure to integrate then and no longer necessarily his Algerianness. But not mental illness because that was a 'card'.

Got it.

Can you clarify if this is an apology for you accusing me of saying the man committed the stabbings BECAUSE of his nationality.
I'm not letting this go by the way until you retract his His was mentioned mental health in a prior post but not by me. I replied "mental health card". Nice. In response to the poster who pulled the man's mental health into the discussion when it was irrelevant just like you who brought religion in when it was never mentioned.

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EasternStandard · 31/07/2024 17:51

Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 17:42

Three Swedish academics researching this analysis of rapes and sexual assaults accidentally stumbled on some shocking data about migrant status. They were subsequently prosecuted for publishing it.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8330751/

I wasn’t sure what this was so googled and it has been picked up by many

Could you link to something about the prosecution? seems strange but maybe I’m missing a factor

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:52

Sunhatweather · 31/07/2024 17:49

This is it. This is why we need to be able to speak honestly and openly about what is happening without being called racist.
I’ve had similar experiences, yet also have some amazing friends from a number of different backgrounds and religions who would be appalled at these types of behaviour.
I’m from an immigrant background. I have light brown skin, so not ‘white’.
We need to be able to talk about religious fundamentalism, especially within Islam, which is a growing faith/culture here, and how it clashes with UK culture of sexual equality and acceptance of LGBTQ+. That’s not racist - it’s people wanting to ensure UK laws and culture is respected while welcoming people of different cultures here.

That would involve mature open minded debate which is impossible on mumsnet as a certain cohort are only capable of throwing out "bigot" "far right" & "racist" slurs at concerned posters.

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Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 17:53

EasternStandard · 31/07/2024 17:51

I wasn’t sure what this was so googled and it has been picked up by many

Could you link to something about the prosecution? seems strange but maybe I’m missing a factor

See my previous post. I don't think it's particularly strange. Inconvenient truths and all that. One of the authors of the paper was themselves an immigrant.

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:00

This is misleading. They were prosecuted on suspicion of not having the correct ethical approval for the study. They were not prosecuted for the content per se.

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Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 18:02

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:00

This is misleading. They were prosecuted on suspicion of not having the correct ethical approval for the study. They were not prosecuted for the content per se.

Splitting hairs much? Why don't you address the substance of their findings? They didn't even set out to investigate this issue, it just emerged loud and clear in their data.

Piggywaspushed · 31/07/2024 18:03

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 17:49

Can you clarify if this is an apology for you accusing me of saying the man committed the stabbings BECAUSE of his nationality.
I'm not letting this go by the way until you retract his His was mentioned mental health in a prior post but not by me. I replied "mental health card". Nice. In response to the poster who pulled the man's mental health into the discussion when it was irrelevant just like you who brought religion in when it was never mentioned.

I have never mentioned religion. Not once. Unless Algerian is a religion.
Feel free to check back.
I have nothing to apologise for.

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:03

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 18:01

Wow, that made an interesting read. I didn't know this. Thank you for sharing

Again, just to point out that these links are misleading, the researchers were not prosecuted for the content of their article. They were prosecuted in relation to lack of ethics approval for the research.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 18:03

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:00

This is misleading. They were prosecuted on suspicion of not having the correct ethical approval for the study. They were not prosecuted for the content per se.

Just out of interest why would ethical approval be needed? And going as far as prosecuting?
Surely it's for the greater good to get as much statistical information as possible surrounding heinous crimes such as rape ?

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Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:04

Midnightalready · 31/07/2024 18:02

Splitting hairs much? Why don't you address the substance of their findings? They didn't even set out to investigate this issue, it just emerged loud and clear in their data.

It’s not splitting hairs. It’s explaining what they were actually prosecuted for, so that people know. And the fact that they didn’t set out to investigate it but did so anyway without, it was suspected, the correct ethical approval, is the problem.

EasternStandard · 31/07/2024 18:05

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:04

It’s not splitting hairs. It’s explaining what they were actually prosecuted for, so that people know. And the fact that they didn’t set out to investigate it but did so anyway without, it was suspected, the correct ethical approval, is the problem.

What do you think of the content?

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 18:06

Ethical approval is needed by law for research involving humans and / or involving sensitive data, including ethnicity. If someone wants to research the issue, they have the freedom to do so provided they have the correct ethical approval.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 18:06

Piggywaspushed · 31/07/2024 18:03

I have never mentioned religion. Not once. Unless Algerian is a religion.
Feel free to check back.
I have nothing to apologise for.

I will check back. You blatently posted on mumsnet that I said the man in Dublin committee the stabbings BECAUSE he is Algerian.
I'm not letting this go by the way.
I stated his nationality as a it's fact.

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