Migrant Tales insight: Ogneslav Shevchenko, 36, is a Russian national with Ukrainian parents seeking asylum in Europe. Once you get to know him a little, you notice that he has traveled for many years, searching for a country where he is free from persecution. His story is like others seeking asylum and traveling in the…
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: How military spending screws us and the coronavirus pandemic
THIS STORY WAS UPDATED In light of the early warning signs and red lights flashing concerning the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a moral to the pandemic that is wreaking havoc: military spending, investment in weapon technology, and building walls will not keep you secure. How does the quote below tweeted by Natalia del…
Let 2020 bring success and happiness to our culturally and ethnically diverse Finland
And also, may people fleeing war, injustice and poverty find that place over the hill where they can build a better life. Give us strength as well to build a strong and vibrant culturally diverse Finland that lives in peace and reaps all the good things. Give us strength to beat racism and all forms…
Two pictures, two situations, bought together by Déjà-vu
On the left SS chief Heinrich Himmler inspecting a prisoner or concentration camp in Russia around 1941; on the right US Vice President Mike Pence visiting a detention facility or concentration camp in Texas.
Before and after: Racist graffiti gets a just lesson in Eastern Helsinki
Migrant Tales got two pictures of racist graffiti in the Eastern Helsinki neighborhood of Kontula. The first one below was sent Saturday and the latest one above was sent Sunday evening.
Islamofobia Suomessa lähellä Luonan Vantaan vastaanottokeskusta
Kuva on lähetty 5.4. Viesti on kirjoitettu seinään lähellä Vantaan Luonan vastaanottokeskusta. Kiitoksia Wael Ch.
Facebook Soldiers of Odin: Asylum seeker and migrant hunting season have kicked off…
Far-right vigilante group Soldiers of Odin want to take the law in their hands by hunting pedophiles. After a bla-bla-bla Finnish macho rant, one of the vigilante members takes a club and starts threatening suspected “paedophiles,” which is a word used to mean asylum seekers. The masked vigilante warns in the video: “Pedophiles and raunchy…
Toisen kirjeen suomalaisille suomalaiselta äidiltä miehensä säilönotosta ja mahdollisesta pakkopalautuksesta
Migrant Tales julkaisee toisen kirjeen suomalaiselta naiselta, joka synyttää pian irakilaismiehen ja hänen toisen lapsen. Ensimmäinen kirje julkaistiin toukokuun alussa. Suomessa, Maahanmuuttovirasto (Migri) katsoo ettei lapsi tarvitse isänsä ja siksi hänet voi pakkopaualttaa. Hyvä lukija, Lasteni isää on pidetty nyt säilössä 43 päivää. Tänä aikana hän on jäänyt niin paljosta paitsi, lapsemme oppii joka päivä uusia…
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Minority representation and trickle-down equality
“There are two lessons to learn from Mr. [Sajid] Javid’s appointment: The fight against an unjust immigration system [in the UK] does not change with a new home secretary, and if we remain satisfied with representation as the sole means of progress, diversity becomes a shield for a government’s institutionally racist policies.” “If we get more…
Kirje suomalaisille suomalaiselta äidiltä miehensä säilönotosta ja mahdollisesta pakkopalautuksesta
Migrant Tales julkaisee kirje suomalaiselta naiselta, joka synyttää pian irakilaismiehen ja hänen toinen lapsi. Suomessa, Maahanmuuttovirasto (Migri) katsoo ettei lapsi tarvitse isänsä ja siksi hänet voi pakkopaualttaa.