After years of looking the other way Finland is paying today a high price for its self-inflicted xenophobia. What are the consequences of such a social ill if we continue to permit it to roam freely with the help of urban tales and bigotry?
Month: December 2015
Thomas Elfgren: Väkivallan demokraattinen alibi
Kenelläkään ei ole oikeutta kohdella teitä kaltoin… Tämä on teidän maanne. Nämä ovat teidän talonne, teidän niittynne ja puutarhanne. Teidän muistonne… Näillä sanoilla Serbian kommunistisen puolueen puheenjohtaja Slobodan Miloževi? aloitti puheensa Kosovo Poljessa huhtikuussa 1987. Paikalle kerääntyneet serbit näkivät hänessä johtajan, joka välitti juuri heistä. ??
President Sauli Niinistö’s “ultimatum” to asylum seekers should apply to Finns as well
President Sauli Niinistö said Saturday during a YLE Radio 1 question-and-answer session that those asylum seekers that don’t abide by our core vales should leave Finland.
UPDATE (December 5): Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism
Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism will be updated separately. To see other examples of opinionated journalism in Finland about cultural diversity, please go to this link. December 5 Lähde vahvistaa: Suomessa majailee kolme kovan luokan terroristia (Iltalehti) What’s wrong with this story? Finland’s two tabloids, Iltalehti and Ilta-Sanomat, are not an example of…
Before asking asylum seekers to respect Finnish laws and culture we should ask if we practice what we preach
Interior Minister Petteri Orpo said that in order to make Finland a more secure place, each asylum seeker will have to sign an agreement that he will not break the law and respect Finnish culture, according to YLE.
An arson attack against an asylum reception center in Finland gets a mixed response
Juha Maenpää, the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* substitute MP, who wrote that the burning of an asylum reception center in Niinisalo Monday was how god answered his prayers, is an indication of how xenophobia has overtaken Finland. Reaction to what he said are highly revealing as well about the state of Finland today.
Deputy police chief: Finnsh hate crimes have doubled in Helsinki so far this year from 2014
Racist or hate crimes have doubled in Helsinki from last year, according to Jyväskylä-based daily Keskisuomalainen, which cites the Finnish News Agency (STT). The total number of racist crimes that have been reported this year is about 70.
Perussuomalaiset politician states “god has answered his prayers” after an asylum reception center was burned due to a suspected arson attack
Finland saw probably for the first time an asylum reception center in Niinisalo, which was going to house asylum seekers next week, being razed to the ground by a suspected arson attack Tuesday. While such an attack should be condemned by everyone, there’s a Perussuomalaiset (PS) politician called Juha Maenpää who is rejoicing at what happened.
UPDATE (December 1): Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism
Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism will be updated separately. To see other examples of opinionated journalism in Finland about cultural diversity, please go to this link. December 1 Two rape stories weighed differently – (Helsingin Sanomat)* What’s wrong with these two stories? Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest daily, published two rape stories Tuesday….
Are asylum seekers escaping war now the target of arson attacks in Finland?
A building which was supposed to house asylum seekers in Niinisalo has been burned, according to tabloid Iltalehti.