Asylum seekers and migrants commonly get in touch with Migrant Tales like a Turkmen Iraqi family below who feared being deported back to their former home country. Their daughter is 13 years old and she speaks at least five languages. Since she is the only one who can speak Finnish, she not only interprets language but the family’s anxiety and fear.
What a brave teenager she is. Always ready to help her parents at any time of the day.
How many more children and teenagers like her of families seeking asylum in Finland?
Many.
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri), with the backing of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s government, has used asylum seekers as pawns for their own political aims.
Many asylum seekers who came to Finland in 2015 will soon have waited for almost four years for their residence permits.
What is Migri’s response to these people?
Grin and bear it – let’s see for how long.
The Iraqi family that feared being deported has a respite. They are away from danger, momentarily.
Finland’s immigration and asylum policy is inhumane and brings suffering to people who have seen their fair share of it.
When is this societal bullying going to end?
No she does not speak 5 languages, finnish is probably tarzan level and other languages too. I have seen self claimed who say they can speak and its far from fluent.
Don’t be so rude, Hannu. I have heard her speak and she speaks Finnish well.