cheers mikeconnor, scroll up for the positive response from the Polis, as you have deduced, it was not derogatory, just fact, i live in a small place, (pop 15,000) which then has to absorb 10,000 students– it is so overwhelming, feels like an invasion, which in effect it is.
They mostly speak a different way(english)- behave in a very different manner, so are as you say, like sore thumbs– its not their fault, its circumstances that dictate the social clashes.
A number of students do integrate and often end up staying put, but for the vast majority its just a place to pass through on the way to a salaried occupation to pay off the loan and get a bigger one for somewhere to live…….