When Yugoslavia split Bosnian and Croatian refugees came to Newcastle they put them everywhere, I was chair of governors at a school who got children from both sides and had parents coming in and telling the staff not to put Bosnian children in the same class as their children and vice versa. I called all the Bosnian and Croatian parents to a meeting and were told in no uncertain terms to stop harassing staff, to leave children at the gate, do not come onto school grounds without appointment and finally I told them if they didn't like it they were free to find another school. We layed down the rules, they whinged and tried to involve refugee support workers who were also sent on their way. I brought in education officers from the civic centre to witness the meetings.
As our primary task was the education and care on the school premises of children and staff wee were
backed by the city council . We had no further problems. Some eventually returned to their respective countries but a lot like you said stayed here.0