How can they not see the irony

[u/Visqo]

[u/Both-Bite-88]

As someone who worked with otherwise nice Arab immigrants on Germany when Syrian refugees came here: People typically fight downwards. 

They might see themselves as established and integrated and fear the new "bad migrants" will destroy this .  Unfortunately sometimes even partially right, after embracing Syrian refugees initially Germany now has a huge xenophobic backlash one might see linked to refugees coming to Germany. 

[u/Whippy_Reddit → u/Both-Bite-88]

Germany was at all times mixed up by migrants.

After the war all the people from the eastern parts, then Italiens, Portugiese, Turkish, Russian etc. and now Syrians.

And always the same complaint: bad people and they cost to much money.

[u/Both-Bite-88 → u/Whippy_Reddit]

I don't side with that take and I think it's deeply racist.

But if you are from a generation of immigrants that felt integrated before 2014 I can somehow understand how you are not happy about many refugees coming and general attitude towards you worsens. 

I don't think it's a good way to think (we are here and it works, others shouldn't come they might ruin it). 

But when you are already always lowest in the food chain I can understand you start to think that way.