By Dana I have some questions for both the Finnish people and foreigners who live in Finland. What do you think about laws that work against humanity? About laws that send you to your execution? Those laws are policies that take the person and kill him /her with a gun or with a rope. What…
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Asylum seeker in detention cell 406: “I will be deported on Monday”
The asylum seeker in detention cell 406, who is a twenty-one-year-old Iraqi, said that he’d be deported on Monday, February 26 from Finland. “The same woman police officer who said she was going to fly with me to Iraq in October, said that I would be flown back on Monday,” he said by phone. “The…
Asylum seeker in detention cell 406: “I’ll either be sent to Lappeenranta or Joutseno”
We heard the sad news about the twenty-one-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker who was detained by the police Tuesday in Mikkeli, Finland.
“Asylum seeker in detention cell 406” was detained again by the police and faces deportation to Iraq
“Asylum seeker in detention cell 406,” who was detained in Lappeenranta for 32 days last year was detained by the police Tuesday morning at around 10 am at the Suonsaari asylum reception center, located about 10km from the city of Mikkeli. Migrant Tales understands that the administrative court rejected his appeal for asylum.
The National Police Board lets itself off the hook concerning a racist Facebook group
Does the Finnish police service have a racism problem? Remember in June when a scoop by Long Play exposed a secret Finnish police Facebook group that dwelt in racist and bigoted comments? It wasn’t just any Facebook group since it consisted of over 2,800 members or about one-third e of Finland’s police service.
Exposing white Finnish privilege #49: When white privilege backfires
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s hardline asylum and immigration policy reminded me of the 1980s when former Aliens Office director Eila Kännö’s tough line turned against her. I see the same thing happening today with the government’s asylum and immigration policy.
Asylum seeker in detention cell 406: “I got my second rejection [for asylum]”
Remember the young twenty-one-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker who was detained in Lappeenranta or 32 days from October 27 to November 23? Things aren’t going well for him because he got a second rejection after applying for asylum a second time.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Exposing Finland’s asylum policy for what it is
To blame Finland’s inhumane asylum policy on the Perussuomalaiset and Blue Reform parties would be a mistake because the silence of the National Coalition Party, Center Party, Christian Democrats and others concerning their policies incriminate them as well. It’s a good matter that Finland’s asylum policy is exposed for what it is, and what it has…
Finland’s asylum policy is the story of complacent silence and crocodile tears
Iraqi asylum seeker Ali’s death reported by YLE have shocked some while others shed crocodile tears.
Ali’s death is another sign on the road that Finland’s government would care less for asylum seekers
We heard today that case of a returned Iraqi refugee who died in Baghdad after being refused asylum in Finland. The only explanation that the new interior minister, Kai Mykkänen, can offer is that it was “sad and tragic.”