Britains Somalis

They are among the poorest, worst-educated and least-employed in Britain. In a

country where other refugees have flourished, why do Somalis do so badly?
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21583710-somalis-fare-much-worseother-immigrants-what-holds-them-back-road-long
Poverty is their first problem. Over 80% of Somali-speaking pupils qualify for free
school meals.
In Waltham Forest, a borough in east London, home to nearly 4,000 Somalis,
73% live in households on benefits.
More than 50% of British Somalis rent from local councils, the highest proportion
of any foreign-born population.
In nearby Tower Hamlets 2010 data showed that Somalis were twice as likely as
white Britons to be behind with the rent. The cost of their economic
marginalisation hurts them, and is a toll on the public sector, too.
Overcrowded houses mean children have nowhere to do their homework. In
2010-11 around 33% of Somali children got five good GCSEs, the exams taken
at 16, compared with 59% of Bangladeshi pupils and 78% of Nigerian ones.
Parents unable to speak English struggle. They see their children move up a year
at school and assume they are doing well (in Somalia poor performers are held
back). Their offspring, roped in as translators, are in no hurry to disabuse them.
Just one in ten is in full-time work.
In 2009 they were the least-employed group in Denmark.
The Norwegian government is so worried about its Somali community it wants
research done on their plight.