The Wisdom of Immigration Policy

Inviting Hate and Discontent

PeakTalk has a post about a recent school shooting where a Dutch teacher was killed by a Turkish student. While Holland has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world and this shooting casts some doubt on their effectiveness, or lack of effectiveness, another question arises regarding the wisdom of allowing certain types of immigrants into one's country:

The gruesome murder is disturbing, yet the fact that many youths have rallied to the support of murderer tells us something about the serious level of disconnection between the Dutch and disgruntled immigrant groups who have failed to integrate economically, socially and morally. On the contrary, I have read many interviews with Muslim youths (second generation, born in Holland and fluent in Dutch) who claimed that while on the surface they look as if they had culturally adapted, they remained angry Muslims inside, bitter with their direct environment and depressed about their future economic prospects. A quick tour of Dutch news sites and message boards revealed as much, with comments from angry Muslim youths who felt that the killing was justified given the marginalized position of Muslim immigrants in The Netherlands.