” “” ” ” “Young immigrants, went on cardinal Martino, "thus go though a seesaw of identification, sometimes with the society in which they live, some other times against it, highlighting and exasperating their foreignness". Sometimes, he noticed, "restless young people left to their own devices" plus uncertainty multiply "the factors that lead to social exclusion, that open the doors to the lowlife, with crime, prostitution, drinking, drugs and thievery". Among the many malaises, cardinal Martino recalled those of education, "the language problems, that are responsible for the higher rate of failings among immigrant students", not least because schools "often lack tools to boost their social inclusion, as they have no assistant teachers to help them learn the local language, cultural facilitators or other aids". Other problems include the "search for a suitable job" and "housing problems". In addition, he said, "the current crisis of the values age results in the death of the spirit, also for many young immigrants", whose Christian faith "clings to the stereotypes that have been taught to them by their relatives and to intellectual reconstructions that are widespread in the social imagination and in the mass media". Cardinal Martino concluded with an invitation to the Christian communities to propose "the warmth of a sincere friendship with those who are different and come from afar".” “” “” “
