".These"refugees" went on a thieving and plundering spree quite openly of the surrounding towns.Local police couldn't cope!Eventually they were all shipped of to America.I feel sorry for those living next to Linton!!"
So the Americans were quite happy to accept convicted thieves from the UK? Not since 1776 I think you'll find. Most Hungarians worked very hard, but they moved from the sticks to the big cities as fast as they could. Same with Ugandan Asians. Not much opportunity in places like Linton on Ouse really.
In fact most refugees are willing to work a lot harder than most Brits - that's why you find them in poorly paid jobs and ones like agriculture, that you couldn't get your average Brit to come within a mile of