Enrique Tessieri <[email protected]> May 1, 2017, 4:29 PM to [email protected] President Jimmy Carter, you don’t know me but I’d like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me hope during one of my darkest hours when I was in Argentina during the dirty war (1976-83). At the time when you mentioned that human rights…
Month: December 2024
Helsinki Noir: A play reflecting troubled times
THE REVIEW WAS UPDATED Writer and director Ahti Tolvanen, who is a member of the Migrant Tales board, has written a play that reflects hard and uncertain times for Finland. When Ahti came to Finland in the 1970s, it was a very different country. For one, its foreign policy, which some criticized as Finlandization, attempted…
Suomen Silta* (6/2013): Finns of all backgrounds, unite!
When Finns talk about expats, they usually mean those that are Finnish citizens and, most importantly, speak the Finnish or Swedish language. Apart from speaking on of Finland’s two official languages, your ethnic background plays a role as well. When you generalize, you risk walking on thin ice. I’ll take that risk, however, to make…
European Islamophobia Report 2023 does not paint a pretty pictures for Muslims
Instead of seeing a reversal in Islamophobia in the European Union, we see the opposite. The European Islamophobia Report 2023 states “how anti-Muslim racism manifests through systemic discrimination, political rhetoric, media narratives, and societal attitudes, exacerbated by geopolitical events such as the Gaza conflict.” One of the key findings of the report are the denial,…
An example of Finnish white fragility
White fragility is a defensive action, whereby white people react violently and defensively whenever racism is brought up. The aim of such hostility is to make the person bringing up the topic so attacked that he or she will not dare bring up the subject ever again. Finance Minister Riikka Purra and Jussi Halla-aho of…
Mahad Sheikh Musse (Facebook): 20 vuotta yhteisöllisyyttä ja nuorten tukemista
Mahad Sheikh Musse (Facebook): Kaksi kirjoituksia
#Nuorisorikollisuus ja #jengiytymisilmiö “Jengiytymisen ja rikollisuuden ehkäisyssä on erityisen tärkeää välttää kollektiivisen rangaistuksen käytäntöjä. Jos nuori joutuu kantamaan vastuun tai stigmaa ryhmänsä, perheensä tai taustansa vuoksi, se syventää syrjäytymistä ja voi pahentaa ongelmia.” “Jengiytymisen ja rikollisuuden ehkäisyssä on erityisen tärkeää välttää kollektiivisen rangaistuksen käytäntöjä. Jos nuori joutuu kantamaan vastuun tai stigmaa ryhmänsä, perheensä tai taustansa…
Crossing the Finnish-Russian border during difficult times – had pushbacks started in December 2023?
From 1 August 2023 to 29 January 2024 a total of 1,271 persons sought asylum at the Finnish-Russian border. Well over 90% of the refugees are from Muslim countries like Syria (491), Somalia (360), Yemen (120), and Iraq (57). The total amount does not include some 200 Russians in legal limbo awaiting an interview by…
Migrant Tales Literary: The fight against terrorism
Photo: Enrique Tessieri The late evening streets of Buenos Aires bleed silently and I should be asleep and hide until day but I can’t. In my room, the keys of my typewriter are razors to the touch makng a short trip to hell and back. The night is alost at a standstill, now searchlights crisscross…
Ahti Tolvanen: Most of what Kimmo Kiljunen said is well substantiated
It is also obvious the non-action of the government on what their plan for the Finnish-Riussian border needs to be addressed. Just keepiing the Saimaa Canal closed costs the Finnish economy millions, now even billions if road transport is added to it. Not to mention the disrupted family lives from which the largest immigrant community…