The problem with this law is that it calls into question the whole idea of the rule of law. It allows the Finnish government to declare that there is a threat at the border of a “hybrid invasion”.This declaration can be made based on secret security information the government may claim to have and no…
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The pushback law will be remembered as a day of infamy for Human Rights in Finland
Finland’s parliament will vote today for the pushback law law that should b seen as another nail in the coffin of Finland’s experiment in being a more open country based on Human Rights. After Finland became an EU member in 1995, many monumental legal changes changes were made, like the drafting of the new constitution…
Pushback law: A day that will live in infamy, a day when the government attempts to legalize illegality
THE STORY WAS UPDATED The Finnish government announced Tuesday a day that will live in infamy when it introduced to parliament Tuesday the Draft Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration, or the so-called pushback law. In a nutshell, researcher Milka Sormunen sums up in a good essay what the law is all about: legalizing…
Finnish government to move ahead with pushback law
Prime Minister Orpo announced today that it will give next week to parliament the Draft Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration, or the so-called pushback law. In our opinion, the new law will not solve the problem at the border but will worsen it. Disagree? Just take a look at other EU borders, and…
The pushback law of the Finnish government will fail and be a farce
A question to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo: Is the main motivation of the pushback law to strengthen the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* policy of zero asylum seekers? Why are asylum seekers coming from Russia such a threat to Finland’s internal security? The fact that a total of 1,271 asylum seekers have come…
Today’s A-studio talk concerning the pushback law was an insult to one’s intelligence
Today’s A-studio with Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Mauri Peltokangas, head of the administration committee, and MP Tytti Tupparainen of the Social Democratic Party was disappointing when they spoke of the law on “refoulement,” also popularly known as the “pushback law.” Source: Google Even if Tupparainen said that human rights were a cornerstone of Finland’s rule of…
Finland’s pushback law will cause death, suffering, and loss of face
National Coalition Party Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government is drafting a new pushback law that permits Finland to subvert human rights, international law, and the rights enshrined in its constitution. Even if the law gets approval from parliament, it will not solve but worsen the problem at the Finnish-Russian border. Considering that Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Interior…
12 July 2024 was Finland’s day of infamy for Human Rights and the rule of law
Finland’s controversial pushback law received in parliament the needed two-thirds majority to turn away people seeking asylum at the border. One hundred sixty-seven MPs voted for the law while 31 voted against it. Critics of the law argue that it conflicts with the Constitution, Human Rights, and international agreements signed by Finland with the United…
Anachoma: A documentary on pushbacks will be shown in Mikkeli, Finland on 27 June
I wonder what is going to happen to the shameful pushback law? There are more humane ways to deal with asylum seekers. You don’t have to trash human rights and the rule of law to make your hostile point. Mitenköhän käy häpeällisen rajalain kanssa? On inhimillisempiäkin tapoja käsitellä turvapaikanhakijoita. Ei tarvitse heittää roskiin ihmisoikeuksia ja…
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…