The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) continues to insist that countries like Iraq, where Finnish nationals are discouraged from visiting, is a safe country to deport people. Migri deports everyone they don’t give residence permits. You leave either “voluntarily” or by “force.”
Iraq isn’t a safe country, and sensible people understand that Migri’s tough asylum policy hinges on the Blue Reform, formerly the Perussuomalaiset (PS)*.
Even if the PS split into two parties, both loathe asylum seekers from countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Migrant Tales documented two cases last year of two Iraqi asylum seekers who faced violent deaths upon returning from Finland.
The latest story to reach us is of an Iraqi who was “deported voluntarily” to his home country two months ago and attacked by militias on Saturday.
The history of the Iraqi victim is very similar to the many thousands that fled to Finland in 2015.
A fellow asylum seeker from Iraq writes:
The asylum seeker, who alerted us, said that a car had followed him near his home with three people. They cut him with a knife and spared his life. “The next time we see you, we will kill you!” they warned.
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