Our friend Zuzeeko of On The Road To Success blog has published an interesting article on the impact of Finland not ratifying the UN Convention on Migrant Workers Rights and how this may affect immigrant workers in the country.
Thank you Social Democrat MP Eero Heinäluoma
Thank you Social Democrat MP Eero Heinäluoma for spreading hatred in this country towards immigrants. Some students told me that people stopped to speak to them in public to tell them that they should not be in Finland because there is no work for foreigners.
The multicultural society of the future
It seems odd that in today’s technilogically advanced societies in Europe and elsewhere our views of other groups continues to pose major challenges. If I had to picture the sitaution in a cartoon, I would draw a picture of one of our first primates, Australopithecus africanus, which existed 2-3 million years before present sitting in front of a computer and speaking to the future with a Skype time machine.
MTV3 poll shows Social Democrats most satisfied with immigration policy
A poll published by MTV3 on Sunday shows that the Social Democrats are the most satisfied with Finland’s immigration policy, with Kokoomus and the Center Party wanting stricter controls.
Finnish Anti-Immigrant Personalities of the Month (April): Jutta Urpilainen & Eero Heinäluoma
Migrant Tales will begin to award on a monthly basis Anti-Immigrant Personality of the Month. Since we did not have one for the previous month, Migrant Tales has selected Social Democratic Party chairperson, Jutta Urpilainen and MP Eero Heinäluoma, as the Ant-Immigrant Personalities for the month of April.
More anti-immigration “goodies” from the Social Democrats
If you want to look for some of the mentors of the Social Democratic Party’s anti-immigration wing, MP Kari Rajamäki is one of them. Contrary to MP Eero Heinäluoma and SDP chairperson, Jutta Urpilainen, Rajamäki has always seen immigration as threat with so gusto that he could well be a member of a more nationalist party like the True Finns.
Fallacies of Finland’s immigration-refugee debate
If we look at the ongoing immigration-refugee debate in Finland, there are five fallacies that one should look at critically in order to understand the debate. I have compiled a list of the top five claims that I consider the most absurd and politically questionable but are used constantly in the ongoing debate:
SDP-Heinäluoma anti-immigration drama: How many are threatening Finland?
After one wing of the Social Democratic Party notched closer to the anti-immigration True Finns, one should quietly ask what’s all the fuss about. SDP MP Eero Heinäluoma stated in an interview in Swedish daily HBL that Finland should not encourage labor immigrants because there are 300,000 unemployed. Fair enough, then he goes on and blames immigrants for spreading racism because “they will take Finnish jobs.”
¿Eres una víctima del racismo en Finlandia?
El exámen original lo publiqué en inglés y ha recibido ya más de 10 200 visitas y 1 080 comentarios (abril de 2010). El racismo es un mal social que no se puede condonar en ninguna sociedad.
Finnish immigration-refugee debate food for thought: the future and present
Have you noticed how different politicians speak of multiculturalism, immigrants, immigration, a- and b-class workers in the future tense?