Haluatko tietää miksi Perussuomalaiset vastustavat Kokoomuksen ehdotus tiukentaa maahanmuuttolinjansa? Tanskasta löytyy vastaus.
Kirjoittaa Yle 2019 vaaleista: “Tanskan poliittista keskustelua pitkään hallinnut ja muutkin suuret puolueet maahanmuuttopolitiikan rajuihin kiristyksiin yllyttänyt kansanpuolue koki vaaleissa rökäletappion. Kun vielä vuoden 2015 vaaleissa oikeistopopulistista kansanpuoluetta äänesti 21,1 prosenttia tanskalaisista, oli äänisaalis nyt vain 8,7 prosenttia.”
Perussuomalaiset pelkäävät sama kohtalo kun Tanskan kansanpuolue.
It isn’t surprising that the National Coalition Party’s (Kokoomus) proposal to tighten social security guidelines between migrants and “white Finns” (kantasuomalaiset) has caused confusion. The answer is simple and hinges on the fact that ethnicity and race are social constructs.
The mix-up over the use of the term kantasuomalainenhas not only caught Kokoomus by surprise, but it also reveals their ignorance and simplistic view on integration.
MP Pia Kauma, who made a questionable name for herself in 2014, when she wrongfully accused Somali mothers of getting social welfare to buy new baby carriages due to cultural reasons (sic!), is at it again. Before, it was baby carriages, now it’s taking away constitutional rights.
The development of Kokoomus MP Pia Kauma from baby carriages (left) to racializing (holding phrenology calipers to measure the size of the skull) migrants and punishing them because they don’t “integrate.” Why would I ever want to integrate into a country that Kauma envisages?Sources: Migrant Tales and Facebook
But let’s cut to the chase: Why are people like Kauma and Kokoomus defining who we are? We have a right to call ourselves whatever we wish and, to use one of the Perussuomalaiset catchphrases, we have the right “to take back” our identity from people who don’t mean well. We decide who and what we are.
What would you do if a real estate agent asked you the following questions and demand: How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? Send me a picture of your family! What is your religious background? What year did you come to Finland?
That real estate agent, who was a candidate in Espoo for the far-right Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party in the municipal elections of June, asked in writing these questions of a prospective client.
Husein Hamiid is a Finnish citizen and has lived in Finland for over twenty years. He was interested in renting a restaurant and hotel from the real-estate agent when, to his surprise, he was hit with the above questions.
“How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? What is your religion? How much rent could you pay jointly for the restaurant and hotel? How long of a rent agreement would you want? Could you send me a picture of your family? What year did you come to Finland? Answer these questions first, and then I will call the owner!”
The real estate agent sends another message:
“Husein, I cannot present you to the seller/landlord if I don’t have any information about you. I am not a racist and all the information about the client stays with me. The owner is not renting the place and I may possibly help you if I can tell the owner about your family. I don’t seek your social security number but I cannot also give you the owner’s [contact] information because he has authorized me to sell this real estate. Thus you cannot get directly in touch the owner. Have a good day.”
Certainly, the actions of the real estate agent are outright discriminatory and reveal the many challenges that non-white Finns have in Finland when they are treated as second-class citizens.
Hamid has vowed to go to the police to charge the real estate agent for his requests.
We will update the story when we get more information on the police’s reaction.
Espoolainen kiinteistönvälittäjä ja perussuomalaisten kuntavaaliehdokas haluaa henkilökohtaista tietoa asiakkailta.
Husein Hamiid on suomen kansalainen ja asunut Suomessa yli 20 vuotta.
Hän lähestyi välittäjää, koska kiinnostui ravintolan ja hotellin vuokraamisesta. Hän sai seuraavan sähköpostiviestin kiinteistövälittäjältä:
Hei! Minkä ikäinen olet? Millainen perhe ja lähisuku sinulla on? Mikä on uskonnollinen taustasi ? Kuinka paljon voisit maksaa vuokraa ravintolasta ja Hotellista yhteensä? Kuinka pitkän vuokrasopimuksen haluaisit? Lähetä minulle kuva perheestäsi! Minä vuonna olette tulleet Suomeen?Vastaa ensin näihin, sitten soitan omistajalle!
Lähde: Facebook
Luitte oikein. Kiinteistönvälittäjä haluaa kuva hänen perheestä, tieto uskonnollisesta taustasta sekä minä vuonna hän tuli Suomeen.
Välittäjä lähetti toinen sähköpostiviesti Hamiidille:
Husein, en voi esitellä sinua myyjälle/vuokranantajalle jos en tiedä sinusta mitään. En ole rasisti ja kaikki asiat joita minä asiakkaista tiedän pysyy minun takanani. Omistaja ei ole vuokraamassa paikkaa ja voisin ehkä auttaa sinua jos voisin kertoa omistajalle jotain perheestäsi. En tarvitse henkilötunnustasi enkä liian henkilökohtaisia tietoja, mutta en voi myöskään antaa sinulle omistajan tietoja koska hän on valtuuttanut minut myymään tämän kohteen. Eli sinä et voi soittaa suoraan omistajalle.Hyvää päivän jatkoa.
Mitä mieltä olette? Onko kiinteistönvälittäjälle oikeus pyytää mm. kuva perheestä ja uskonnollinen taustasta?
The latest unconstitutional proposal by National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Pia Kauma and her party is an example of how right-wing parties in Finland bully vulnerable migrants. What makes the whole proposal a publicity stunt and a further sucking up to the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* by Kokoomus, is MP Kauma.
While the political reasons are clear for Kauma and Kokoomus to target migrants, a big question remains: Why is the latest proposal important for Kauma and her party? Do these migrants, who represent about 10% of the total migrant population of Finland, pose such a drain on public finances?
A tweet sent in 2014 to then Kokoomus Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.
There is also the question of Kauma’s credibility and her questionable track record.
In 2014 and based on rumors, she pointed the finger at Somali mothers alleging that they claimed social welfare to buy new baby carriages. They could not use used babby carriages because it was against their religion (sic!)
Kauma never backed her statements, but at the end, she never proved those ridiculous and harmful claims to migrant women based on hearsay. She apologized for her racist comments, but she is at it again. This time it isn’t baby carriages but outright discrimination of migrants.
Apart from opportunistic politicking and political bullying, Kokoomus’ plan raises a lot of questions about Finland:
Does Kokoomus and Finland, in general, believe, as the Constitution states, in social equality for all?
Is this why Finns use the term tasa-arvo (gender equality) when referring to social equality?
Does social equality mean, in effect, only gender equality?
If Finland were serious about implementing its values like social equality, it would solve many integration issues. Our society would offer incentives for inclusion, not punish a person for being a migrant.
Would Finland have such an Islamophobic opposition party like the PS if it took its social justice and equality values seriously?
All of these points, in my opinion, reveal the hypocrisy of our society. It also states that we will do little to nothing to correct the situation in the future.
I am certain that I am not the only one whose blood boils every time a Perussuomalaiset (PS)* politician makes a racist statement about migration, cultural diversity, minorities, and the EU. In light of the June municipal election, the PS’ result was a disappointment for the party even if they improved their result by 5.6 percentage points from the previous election in 2017.
While some opinion polls put the PS as much as 19% of the vote, they could only muster 14.5% in the last election.
The election was not only a big disappointment for the PS, but it shows that their campaign message lacked appeal among voters.
Despite the setback, the PS has ratchet up their Islamophobic, ultranationalistic and anti-EU message. Like raw meat thrown at hungry wolves, they believe this is the best way to get votes.
Their own rhetoric will do a lot of harm and dash many of their hopes. Their rhetoric is like a tinderbox that can explode in their faces at any time with varying intensity.
As the PS veers further to the far right under its chairperson Jussi Halla-aho, first vice president Riikka Purra, and party secretary Simo Gröroos, its message has also become more threatening.
In his cockiness fueled by opinion polls, Halla-aho targetted earlier this year the Center Party and hoped to steal more votes from them in the countryside.
Migrant Talesin näkemys:Paco Diop on tehnyt hieno kirjoitus ja tuo esille hyviä ajankohtaisia kysymyksiä. Miksi jotkut valkoiset suomalaiset käyttävät sana “maahanmuuttajataustainen?” On korkea aika, että me päätämme keitä olemme. Suomalaisuus on monimuotoinen käsite ja ihmiset saavat olla suomalaisia omalla ehdolla.
The National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Pia Kauma wants to tighten immigration law. It is strange that when most Finns are on holiday in the middle of the summer, Kauma intends to propose such changes.
Her party’s proposal should be seen as a green light to the Perussuomalaiset’s plan to tighten immigration policy if they win the next parliamentary elections in 2023.
While there is still a lot of work to make Finland a more inclusive country and tackle discrimination and racism, there is one problem with Kokoomus’ proposal: credibility.
For one, MP Kauma has little credibility to speak in earnest about immigration policy and integration, especially of people of color and visible migrants.
In 2014, Kauma started to attack Somali mothers. She pointed the accusing finger without any proof that at migrant mothers claiming that they bought with social aid new baby carriages while Finnish mothers bought used ones.
Kauma never backed her statements but at the end her claims were proven false and based on hearsay. She apologized later for her racist statements.
A satirical view below of how Kauma sees a migrant mother’s pram.
But what could be behind this stunt by Kauma and Kokoomus to tighten immigration policy? Is the party giving the nod to the Islamophobic Perussuomalaiset (PS)* that they too would be ready to tighten immigration policy if in government?
The heir-apparent of the PS, Riikka Purra, said earlier this month that it would never form part of a government that won’t significantly tighten Finnish immigration policy.
A Russian family under serious threat of human rights violations plans to complain to the chancellor of justice against the Imatra asylum reception center, which alleges had endangered the Russian asylum seekers’ security.
The family lived in Finland during 2017-2020. They are Ludmila*, her elderly mother, husband, and three other family members, including four cats.
A representative of Free Movement (Vapaa liikuvuus), an NGO that promotes equality and opposes deportations, detention, and criminalization of migrants, has promised to assist the family with the complaint.
An official complaint is necessary to prove to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) that information leaked to Russian authorities, putting the family in even greater danger.
The Russian family in question alleges that a worker at the Imatra asylum reception center had compromised their security by calling the Russian Embassy in Helsinki about their voluntary return to Georgia.
The family received a notice in November from the police that their stay in Finland had expired. They were given two options: leave Finland voluntarily or by force.
Ludmila said that since they did not want to break the law, they were willing to leave the country voluntarily. Since the family feared returning to Russia, where they allege being persecuted by the authorities, Ludmila said they planned to go to Georgia, where it would be safer.
To travel to Georgia, they needed valid passports which had expired.
“The social worker at the asylum reception center sent an SMS [in November], ‘Ludmila, I called the Russian Embassy. I asked how you can renew your passport. It is best if you call them yourself and ask.'”
I remember that day as if it were yesterday. First, a bomb exploded in downtown Oslo, and what followed then were the cold-blooded murders of young people on Utøya island. A total of 77 people lost their lives on that day. Countless remained scarred by what happened for the rest of their lives.
22/7 happened as well about three months after the far-right Islamophobic Perussuomalaiset (PS)* scored their historic election victory. In a matter of four years, their numbers in parliament had swollen from five in the previous election to 39 MPs.
Few were asking – if not playing down – the political significance of the PS’ election victory ten years ago. They will implode in time just like the Rural Party did in the 1970s.
The PS was built from the ashes of the Rural Party.
After a decade, we can say with certainty the following: The PS has made Finland a more hostile place for migrants and minorities, polarized society, and fueled anti-EU sentiment.
The Norwegian mass murderer cited in his deranged manifesto his ideological allies of Finland.
One of the Finnish politicians that the Norwegian mass killer cities is PS chairperson Jussi Halla-aho.
On this somber day, forced to return to the events that marred 22/7, the day is crueler because we have few answers to understand why.
“We have discussed the unpreparedness of the rescue services, the number of police officers we should have on the street, the number of helicopters, the memorials, Breivik’s mental health…” said Astrid Eide Hoem, a leader of the Social Democratic Party [AUF]. “But there was no discussion of the political ideology behind it.”
Just like the post 22/7 era, the far right is as strong as ever. Even mainstream parties like the Social Democrats of Denmark, one of the most Islamophobic countries of Europe, have adopted the policies and rhetoric of anti-Muslim racist parties like the Danish People’s Party.
In Finland, the PS has openly vowed to end Muslim asylum seekers from coming here and declared war on cultural and ethnic diversity.
It is not a fringe or minor party pursuing such aims in Finland, but the biggest opposition party threatening to win the next elections.
The mass murderer of Norway and his hateful ideology inspired many.
