Seven Ways to Tell If Immigrants are Assimilating or Not

With the Migrant Crisis ongoing in Europe many Westerners have questioned multi-culturism and decided to make an effort to protect their Nation's culture. Immigration is and will be a reality for Western countries but without proper assimilation the national culture will disappear. But how do we know when immigrants have really assimilated? Here's seven ways you can tell they are assimilating:

1.) They marry locals: If arriving in England they marry the ethically English, if in Spain, the Spanish and when in Italy marry Italians. If they instead insist on only marrying other immigrants from the same country, that's a sign they're not assimilating.

2.) They celebrate the country: Do the immigrants celebrate holidays (rejoicing their fellow citizens for the country's worth) or do they skip such events as if they're just tourists and it's just another day?

3.) They honor national protectors: On days of commemoration for the troops that fought to defend your country do the immigrants honor the men and women or not?

4.) They name their children appropriately: When it comes time to name their children do they choose names linked to their new home or do they continue to use foreign names? In England the most common name for boys back in 2012 wasn't George, Oliver or Jack it was Muhammad. Many people immigrated to Britain and naturally took on the nation's names but recently that's changed and it goes along with the failure to assimilate.

5.) They move away from ghettoization: Little Italy's and China towns have existed for decades but almost all of these people will leave their "little countries" by the second and third generation. If they don't they really are beginning to form little "countries" with separate neighborhoods, schools, language and style of dress--that's ghettoizing not assimilating.

6.) They wave the National Flag: Not every citizen owns the flag of their country but if someone claims they immigrated into a country because they love it; wouldn't you expect them to buy a national flag? One example of not assimilating comes from Germany is the attitude of some Turkish German citizens; when you go into their neighborhoods you see more Turkish flags than German ones. That is not okay; they are not assimilating.

7.) They respect the Law and the Constitution: Citizens can of course disagree with certain laws but there is agreement that you don't immigrate into a country and then disrespect it's Constitution or Laws by ignoring them. The exception would be if it ignores your human rights.