The most recent scandal to rock the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party is another sad chapter in the history of the right-wing populist party and for the same reason: racism. The culprits are now MP James Hirvisaari and Kai Haavisto, member of the party’s Uusimaa regional board. What’s wrong with these people? How can anyone who can…
Tag: crime
Anti-immigration sound-bite: Rape! Rape! RAPE!
I was surprised to read a blog post on Uusi Suomi by Kai Haavisto, a Perussuomalaiset (PS) politician from Espoo, who suggested that those groups that are prone to commit rape should be castrated chemically before being allowed to live in Finland. Haavisto is well-known for his racist views. One of his blog entries in…
Crime statistics are used shamelessly by certain groups in Finland to label immigrants
Hannu Niemi, a Justice Ministry researcher, says that crime rates by immigrants in Finland have been exaggerated by the media, report Länsi Uusimaa and Uusi Suomi. He believes that there is a political aim by some groups to cite national origin in crime statistics in order to label whole groups. Migrant Tales spoke with Niemi in the spring, when…
Abdisalam Mohamed Abdulah: Returning to Finland’s Black February
Remember Dark February? In about three weeks we read about the deaths of three Muslims , a suicide and a Perussuomalaiset (PS) councilman who offered to decorate a white Finn for killing in cold blood one of these victims? Migrant Tales had the opportunity to meet Monday the father and a family friend of one of the victims, Abdisalam Mohamed Abdulahi.
Finland’s police service: see no, hear no, speak no hate crimes
Migrant Tales reported since the end of January some gruesome violent crimes against Muslims in Finland with the most recent one happening Wednesday. Two of these led directly to the violent death of a Somali and Moroccan native, both Finnish citizens. None of these were hate crimes, according to the police.
Update: Older woman assaulted at Myllypuro metro station in Helsinki
Thanks to a tip off, Migrant Tales correctly reported that the older woman that was attacked and beaten Wednesday at Helsinki’s Myllypuro metro station was allegedly by a group of white Finns. The older woman suffered injuries to the face and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Is Aamulehti’s claim of high rape convictions by foreigners in Finland correct?
Thirty-four percent of convicted rape crimes committed during 2006-09 in Finland were by foreigners, according to Tampere-based Aamulehti. What is surprising, however, is that Aamulehti chose not to mention 2009 and 2010 suspected rape crimes, which totaled 141 (27.5% of all rape cases) and 109 (26%) in 2010 and 2011, respectively, according to Hannu Niemi of the Justice Ministry.
Police unlikely to pin hate crime on the death of a Somali in Oulu, Finland
The police announced Wednesday that the eighteen-year-old Somali national who died in hospital Tuesday slipped from the sixth floor while trying to escape after three people had barged into his home, according to tabloid Iltalehti. Migrant Tales spoke with Seppo Leinonen of the Oulu police, who said it was unlikely that the death was the result of a hate crime.
Iltalehti: Ulkomaalainen mies ryöstettiin Vaasassa
Uhri kaadettiin maahan, ja häntä lyötiin ja potkittiin. Afrikkalaissyntyinen 40-vuotias mies ryöstettiin Ristinummella Vaasassa lauantaina klo 15 jälkeen. Miehen luokse oli tullut 5-6 suomalaista noin 20-25-vuotiasta miestä ja ryhtynyt nimittelemään tätä muun muassa neekeriksi. Nimittelyn
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat: Ulkomaalaisten rikokset kuohuttavat
Comment: Here is an interesting story about crime and immigrants. Human rights activist and lawyer, Hussein Muhammed, gives his take on the problem. One of the big issues whenever an immigrant commits a crime is that the whole groups is labelled. One way of lowering crime would be a more effective family reunification policy, which…