We’ve been getting some distressing reports from the Laajakoski asylum reception center near the southeastern city of Kotka, where there appears to be a serious breakdown of trust between the management/staff and a number of asylum seekers.
Month: December 2016
Milisier som bränner ner barnens väskor för att de delats ut av en infidel
Den amerikanska konsulten kom till staden Madinat Al Amara med en positiv instinkt att besöka staden och hälsa på folket. För att göra barnen glada så delade han ut skolväskor till barnen för detta är en positiv sak för alla barn att ha nya skolväskor som de kan bära till skolan. Al Amar styrs av Muktada…
Ethnic profiling in the EU is illegal and discriminatory
Please share: #EthnicProfiling is unfair & discriminatory. @EU_Justice we need EU standards on #FairPolicing #SingledOut When police use ethnicity as a basis for a stop & search it is #discrimination. EU member states must stop #EthnicProfiling #SingledOut #EthnicProfiling can damage trust & alienate local communities. EU must develop standards on #FairPolicing @EU_Justice #SingledOut 39% of…
Why migrants and minorities in Finland continue to suffer from discrimination and social inequality
Entitlement and denial are some of the reasons why respect for cultural diversity and treating Others in Finnish society as equals faulters. There is too much lip service like “we’re against racism” but few deeds to give such a powerful statement life and meaning.
Perussuomalaiset speaker of parliament Maria Lohela is a disingenuous Islamophobe
I couldn’t believe what Perussuomalaiset (PS)* speaker of parliament, Maria Lohela, quoted today at a flag-raising ceremony in Helsinki commemorating independence day. Apart from being an MP, Lohela is an Islamophobe, she has a track record against gay and immigrant rights.
Police superintendent of Finland: No need for repatriation agreement with Iraq, we can deport asylum seekers if we wish
This statement by Chief Superintendent Poutanen has a lot of Iraqi asylum seekers worried. It is then possible to force Iraqi asylum seekers who got a negative decision from the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) to go back to their country?
UPDATE: Minor asylum seeker at the Villa Meri reception center sent to hospital after getting pepper-sprayed by security guard
We continue to get worrisome news from the Villa Meri asylum reception center of Rauma. An asylum seeker at the center, who is a minor, was peppered sprayed on Friday and taken to the hospital. Why? Because he protested that his sister, who came from Helsinki to visit him, had to leave the center.
Över 850 Irakiska asylsökande demonstrerar emot Immigratioinsverket omännskliga beslut
Maj 2016 beslöt finska immigrationsverket att Irak är ett tryggt land, vilket för många att fundera – Hur kunde man ta ett sådant beslut? Irak är på tredje plats i världens för farligaste länder, hur kan då immigrationsverket säga att det är ett säkert land? Det har varit många andra demonstrationer – Men dagens demonstration var någonting…
Asylum Corner: Mental health support to asylum seekers: what kind of support is most needed?
Imagine the (now nearly emptied) Calais “jungle” and mental healthcare services in one single sentence: your reaction would probably sound like “you wouldn’t know where to start”, for you are just a single person and Sisyphus was never your favourite character in epic poetry. But someone might decide to try, in spite of the hopelessness…
Melkein itsestäänselvä sananvapaus
Kansainvälisen Toimittajat Ilman rajojen mielestä Suomi on ollut jo monen vuoden peräkkäin maailman paras maa sananvapaudessa. Tammikuun alussa toimittaja Jan Lundius kirjoitti uutistietotoimiston IPS: n verkkosivulla artikkelin, jonka otsikko oli: ”Jopa Suomen täytyy pitää huolta lehdistövapaudestaan”. Espanjankielisessä artikkelissa Lundius käy läpi Suomen sananvapauden historiaa Ruotsin vallan ajoista lähtien nykypäivään. Lundiuksen mielestä yksi tumma pilvi suomalaisten…