Its a self-fulfilling prophecy, though, isn't it? As long as the trope that "immigrants are all criminals" persists as a general meme, then those immigrants will have little choice in the broader social context than to commit crimes in order to survive.

If we treated the influx of immigrants from Syria into Europe as "future leaders and workers of a new Europe" instead of "a burden and liability for future generations", then perhaps we'd get a turnaround in the scene. For as long as we continue to project the idea that immigrants and refugees are a 'lower class of society', that is forever where they will stay.

In this, I see an opportunity - if only the governments would get out of the way and make it feasible to put this new work force to productive use. As a business owner, I'm quite happy to help my fellow human beings - and in the case of immigrants and refugees, I couldn't think of anything better than lifting someone out of that band of poverty by paying them to work, and increase their quality of life. Alas, prejudice against the poor keeps them poor.