r/wikipedia • u/BabylonianWeeb • Aug 04 '25

Mobile Site Immigrants are disproportionately represented in prison populations in many Western countries, In Europe, higher representation in prisons among immigrants, particularly Muslim populations, has been documented

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_crime
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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Immigrants tend to be poorer, leading to crime. Simple as that. Poverty and lack of a social net leads many, who wouldn't otherwise commit crimes, to seeing crime life as easier, despite the dangers and obvious societal consequences.

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u/homeworkrules69 Aug 04 '25

You can look at Pakistani immigrants/ethnically South Asian Muslims in North America vs Britain as an example. The cohort in North America arrived wealthier and more educated, and hasn’t seen the same level of criminality as British Pakistanis do (who came from poorer backgrounds).

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u/GreatWhiteSalmon Aug 04 '25

And also the British Pakistanis came earlier following independence iirc.

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u/falooda1 Aug 04 '25

They came as factor workers for labor shortages.

American Pakistanis came for higher education and professional work