“…the job of the politician is to guarantee the safety of its own citizens and to guard its borders, and that’s what Finns expect.” Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Laura Huhtasaari, A-studio (3.6.2024) The answer given by PS MP Huhtasaari to justify pushbacks and deaths is a raw example of the inhumanity used during Nazi Germany to…
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Finland’s government dilemma: To pushback or not at the Finnish-Russian border?
As the xenophobic government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo aims to open some border crossings on the Finnish-Russian border on 14 January, the big question will the government revert to illegal pushbacks? Why is there concern? Orpo has gone as far as to suggest earlier that asylum seekers should be sent directly back to Russia…
Ahti Tolvanen*: The Finnish-Russian border quagmire
It is hard to make any sense out of the on-and-off Russian border closings. Whether these will have any real effect in the long run on numbers of asylum seekers remains to be seen. The way the war is going in Ukraine this winter almost guarantees an influx of hundreds or thousands more from that…
The Finnish-Russian border is not an open-and-shut case
Article 3 – border control measures must be without prejudice to the rights ofrefugees and other people requesting international protection, in particular asregards the principle of non-refoulement. European Convention on Human Rights Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantnanen called herself Tuesday a “tough border lady” on A-studio. After opening two border checkpoints Thursday at…
Close the Finnish-Russian border and leave everything to chance
I have always said that if there were another government, preferably without the National Coalition Party (NCP) and Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, the decision to shut the Russian-Finnish border would have some credibility. Source: X (formerly Twitter). The decision to close the border is first and foremost a political decision. It is a good way to shift…
Katja Marova: Shutting the Finnish-Russian border won’t solve much
With war raging in Ukraine since February 2022, the latest decision by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government to shut all the border crossings except for one is an example of how both countries are playing hardball with asylum seekers and the Finland’s largest national group, the Russians. Katja Marova is a human rights activist and…
Finnish government: Storms in a teacup and fearmongering from youth gangs to asylum seekers at the Finnish-Russian border
As a non-white Finn, it’s amazing how the Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, with the support of the National Coalition Party (NCP),* work with tiny numbers and speak in the conditional. In Sweden, there are tens of thousands of people in gangs while in Finland their number total 150-200. The same strategy goes for the closing of the…
Closing the Finnish-Russian border is a stunt to boost to the government’s sagging popularity
How can you trust a party and government that builds its support on conspiracy theories about asylum seekers? You can if you are gullible. Due to over 300 asylum seekers who came from countries with terrible human rights issues due to wars like Syria, Yemen, and Somalia, the Finnish government has decided to shut four…
Anachoma: A documentary on pushbacks on the Turkish-Greek border
The 480-kilometer-long Evros River, which divides Greece and Turkey in an uneasy truce, is just one of many places where EU policy on pushbacks goes largely unchecked. Finland is now planning the same thing on the Finnish-Russian border. The first screening of the documentary will take place in Vienna on May 31. We plan to…
The war in Ukraine and the Russian-Finnish border crisis are showing Finland’s ugly side
Katja Marova, a member of the 37,813-strong community (2022) who holds dual Russian and Finnish citizenship, admitted that her stress level rose thanks to recent statements by presidential candidates concerning banning dual citizenship for Russians. “This is scary and has raised a lot of conern among Russian speakers in Finland,” said Morova. Katja Marova was…