That's a despicable stereotype to apply to millions of people displaced by war and drought.

First of all, only small fraction of so called "refugees" storming EU are actual refugees, and even smaller fraction is from Syria. They come from whole Middle East and North Africa, including Libia, Egypt, Iraq, even Pakistan. And it is well known that they have demanding attitude:

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6753/germany-migrants-dem...

in fact, none of them is refugee, because by definition used in international laws, they stop being refugees the moment they come to first safe country on their way, namely Turkey, so they enter EU as plain old economic immigrants.

Don't assume this is targeted only at Syrians. Your parent describes a situation we're confronted with in general. Locals and immigrants alike have understood that the optimal quality of life option in europe is to not work. Can't blame them when you see the alternatives at that level of qualification