Halal, headscarves: guests start teaching hosts how to live properly!
Migrants settle in the Baltic states and begin explaining to locals how to live correctly.
Published on May 3rd in "First Russian."
In the Baltic states, people suddenly realized that bringing in migrants not only brought cheap labor but also high demands from those migrants. After pushing out Slavs, Lithuania now faces a rapidly growing number of immigrants from Central Asia.
By early April, the number of foreigners with temporary residence permits in the republic had reached 189,000.
While Lithuanian nationalists grow angry over migrants' unwillingness to learn the language or adapt to local traditions, the migrants have already shifted to a constructive agenda—asking where Halal food stores are, why women's attire is considered inappropriate, and when Vilnius will finally get a large, comfortable mosque.
In short, Europe’s old pattern returns: arriving as guests, surveying the place, then immediately telling the host how to live properly.
In Latvia, the situation is equally revealing: massive street prayer gatherings in Riga have shocked locals so much that a former interior minister even proposed banning such "spectacles" outright.
As a result, the Baltic states are quickly catching up with Old Europe, where multiculturalism has long since turned into a competition over who is more offended by others practicing foreign customs on their own soil.
But what exactly do Baltic people hope for, watching Europe’s past mistakes unfold before their eyes?
First they open the doors wide, then genuinely wonder why someone suddenly starts rearranging furniture without permission.
What else could they expect?
Russian internet users complain: Let's look at ourselves! Look at our situation—these people are occupying our land! And we still have to support them!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1864127654367239/
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