Tulevien huhtikuun 17. päivän vaalien myötä on nousut paljon keskustelu maahanmuuttajien ja uusien tulokkaiden roolista yhteiskunnassamme.
Month: April 2011
BBC: EU bail-out nerves as Finland holds general election
Finns have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament in a vote that may affect future EU bail-outs if a rising nationalist party does well.
Finland election today: What future awaits us and Europe?
Today Finnish voters will head to the polls. What their collective message may be for the direction Finland will take in the following four years remains to be seen. One of the most tragic aspects of the campaigning to April 17 is how some, like the True Finns and individual members of all the parties in this country, have used fear-mongering of immigrants and refugees to further their political careers.
El País: La ultraderecha finlandesa despega en las legislativas
Una nueva amenaza se cierne sobre la eurozona. Esta vez la alarma proviene de Finlandia, donde un partido periférico, de corte populista, nacionalista y euroescéptico irrumpe con fuerza en las elecciones legilsativas del próximo domingo.Se trata de Auténticos Finlandeses, al que las encuestas dan un 18% de intención de voto. Hace apenas cuatro años, en los anteriores comicios parlamentarios, el grupo había logrado un 4% de los votos y cinco de los 200 escaños. Ahora, con una expectativa de 30 escaños, el partido podría tener la llave de un futuro Gobierno de coalición.
Finland election: Flirting with isolationism and xenophobia
In our neck of the woods in the Nordic region, ultra-nationalistic and xenophobic parties have made their mark in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and most likely now in Finland on Sunday when the True Finns are expected to score a historic victory. Will the election embolden other xenophobic parties in this region and Europe? Will it send shock ripples in the EU?
BBC: True Finns’ nationalism colours Finland election
An anti-immigration party in Finland – the True Finns – has surged in popularity and could produce a surprise in Sunday’s general election, opinion polls suggest.
Should Finland thank Halla-aho?
The chairman of the True Finns, Timo Soini, said on Thrusday’s election debate that we should be thankful to Jussi Halla-aho for bringing tigthtening our immigration policy and, strangely enough, for the ongoing debate on refugees, immigrants and immigration to Finland.
STT: Pakolaisneuvonta: Väärät tiedot perheenyhdistämisistä ruokkivat rasismia
Pakolaisten perheenyhdistämisissä on saapunut Suomeen vuosittain keskimäärin 329 ihmistä, ilmenee sisäministeriön tilastoista. Tieto koskee viimeisten 12 vuoden ajanjaksoa.
HS: Soini antoi tukensa hallituksen ulkomaalaispolitiikalle
Jaakko Hautamäki
Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtaja Timo Soini ei nähnyt mitään ongelmaa Suomen hallituksen ulkomaalaispolitiikassa, kun hän antoi haastattelun saksalaisille toimittajille Sanomatalossa tiistaina. Soini antoi täyden tukensa hallituksen ulkomaalaispolitiikalle ja puolittain suutahti, kun toimittajat kyselivät hänen mahdollisesta muukalaisvihamielisyydestään.
MNR: Why do migrants leave Scotland?
The current immigration debates in the UK seem to be increasingly narrowed down to questions such as ‘Why do migrants come to the UK?’, ‘What do migrants costs the UK taxpayer?’ etc, often raised with a tone of disapproval or of mistrust regarding the contributions, motives, and plans of migrants. Interestingly, during various meetings and seminars on migration issues I attended in Scotland over the last year, a different set of questions seemed to take more centre stage: ‘Why do migrants leave Scotland?’ or ‘What can be done to keep them here?’