Danish administrative data report that second‑generation individuals (born in Denmark to immigrant parents) are more overrepresented in crime than first‑generation non‑Western immigrants, even after adjusting for age, sex, and income. This suggests assimilation can stall or reverse for some groups and that environment and institutions may be failing the native‑born children of immigrants.
— It challenges optimistic assumptions about automatic convergence and shifts integration policy toward targeted fixes in schooling, family structure, and neighborhood effects.
2025.10.07
50% relevant
The article’s core claim that low‑skill immigration imposes negative externalities (e.g., crime, lower trust) aligns with evidence that second‑generation overrepresentation in crime persists in high‑quality Nordic data, suggesting externalities that can outlast first‑generation inflows.
Inquisitive Bird
2025.07.31
100% relevant
Statistics Denmark (DST, 2024, p. 115; table 6.7) finding descendants particularly overrepresented after controls.
Inquisitive Bird
2025.05.09
60% relevant
The article says ethnic disparities persist in crime alongside education and income; this dovetails with Danish register evidence that second‑generation overrepresentation in crime exceeds the first generation, implying stalled or adverse 'assimilation' on that dimension.
Helen Dale
2025.02.20
63% relevant
The article highlights Western Sydney’s Lebanese Muslim community as Australia’s 'only integration failure,' linking it to organized crime—echoing Nordic register findings that second‑generation overrepresentation in crime can persist despite broader integration, indicating structural assimilation challenges.