Totally agree with you. Really i do!!! But what i am about to say might no please you.
The problem with the refugee's and all the aggression against them has several reasons. Some are politicans fault, some are refugee's fault some are "native" people fault, and some are older immigrants fault. So why i do not agree with agression. The reasons ( witch i will state down below) has added tension witch cause more of these rises.
reasons ( from a dutch perspective):
- Politicians; promise all the groups ( refugee's, civilians etc) allot of things but never are clear in stuff, and never full any of the things they promise. This make's people unheard and act out.
Further more there are party's like marie la pen, geert wilders etc who are very very bad. And the only way other politicians fight them, is by taking the opposite stance against them. Leaving no options for people who think they are a little bit right.
- refugee's: Here again there are many problems. There are refugee's who are running from isis, or from being gay in a muslim country ( like iron etc). But also allot of fortune seekers. This makes the crisis even worse. Also not all of them are as open to western idea's. There have been several incidents in the netherlands. Where they had to separate gay refugee's from the rest because they where harassing them. Also allot of them do not want to stay in our country but go to UK, or germany etc. creating a bigger problem there. Also you have allot of refugee males who run alone, and when they are save get there family's here. If its not save where you are from...why leave your family there in the first place?
- Old immigrants: Allot of them ( at least here) are very well integrated, and we are accustom to them and like them. But there are also ones who after 20 or 30 years still haven not adapted. People who still do not speak dutch ( witch i understand :P) but also still behave like they are vicitims. And since the failed "coup" in turkey we see a decent group of turks harrasing turks who follow gullen or are kurds. Even go as far as harassing the media. This does not help. It only makes adolf wilders and people like him more right. But also they sometimes do not want to integrate.
per example:
I was "kindly" asked by a brother of a girl i like not try and date her. ( because i was not Moroccan ). She was even afraid of her brother so we did no see each other anymore.
And people sometimes say: yeah but you do not want foreigners in your country. Witch is falls we have a large group of Africans and Indonesians in our country and have no problem with them. ( hell 80% of my friends are half or full Indonesian)
- native's: aka white people. Here also lies a big problem. They get talked into fear by the media, politicians, even movies who often make them look bad. Also we have a large "redneck" portion of the people who are just to dump for words. Who say things without knowing what they are talking about. Who do not give people any chance at all. Who are always felt like they are not fully accepted by any politicians. And if someone like trump, wilders etc shouts in words they understand and think are right, ( even tough some are just super wrong) they feel in there right.
Also the economic crisis we had/have all the southern country's who are going bankrupt makes people more on edge.
My toughts:
- violence against anyone is stupid for any reason.
- refugee's are welcome, fortune seekers not ( later when there are almost no refugee's its okay again).
- a refugee must try its best to fit in. He does not have to accept everything. But he or she must except that they may exist in our country ( example gay people, they do not have to agree with them . just do not bother them)
- I think the media plays a big role in making it look like they ( refugee's) are so sad. Or are giving people on the other side to much attention ( positive). Rarely you see correct facts. ( per example a other subject: Ukraine, the east of Ukraine they are always talking about pro Russian Ukraine people. While its been said by people i know who come from there , who say its Russian speaking Chechnya who fight there).
- i think people like geert wilders and trump are no better then adolf hitler ( pretty much say the same things) .