Critics of multiculturalism contend that multicultural policies lead to a psychology of separatism. Such policies, they maintain, isolate ethnic groups, enforce an inward-looking mentality, and lead to strong divisions between groups inside the State. According to Neil Bissoondath, multiculturalism has led to an "undeniable ghettoization." Newcomer cultures have become isolated and do not see themselves as part of the nation. They are more focused on what lies behind them—their homeland—than on their new country. Thus, ethnic minorities are not loyal to their country. Multiculturalism can therefore only lead to disintegration, the formation of ethnic ghettos, and separatism. Such claims are fashionable these days in multicultural societies
