&gt; If they want to be integrated, it would be really helpful if they learned Finnish. The first guy in the article said he spent most of his time in the gym, and hanging out with other Iraqis, which isn&#x27;t really going to help with integration.<p>This is such an important point - I&#x27;m German, living in Australia, and the Germans here tend to hang out almost exclusively with other Germans, same goes for the Chinese etc. I haven&#x27;t yet seen a good solution for that &quot;insulation&quot; - It takes real effort and motivation to step outside of your comfort zone, you can&#x27;t force people to do so, they&#x27;ll quickly bounce back.