The problem with this law is that it calls into question the whole idea of the rule of law. It allows the Finnish government to declare that there is a threat at the border of a “hybrid invasion”.This declaration can be made based on secret security information the government may claim to have and no…
Tag: Finnish-Russian border
Will refugees at the Finnish-Russian border suffer the same fate as those on Greece’s Evros River and other EU borders?
“…the job of the politician is to guarantee the safety of its own citizens and to guard its borders, and that’s what Finns expect.” Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Laura Huhtasaari, A-studio (3.6.2024) The answer given by PS MP Huhtasaari to justify pushbacks and deaths is a raw example of the inhumanity used during Nazi Germany to…
Interioir Minister Mari Rantanen and her “hybrid invaders”
We’ll Never Know.Yes, what Interior Minister Rantanen was thinking in introducing a law to stop “hybrid invaders” from Russia. Our ́́ investigative media` will never ask the right questions. So we can only try to imagine: Scene: “Hybrid invaders.” Inside the Interior Ministry. Cue Rantanen.Rantanen (enters): Our press conference is in half an hour. Any…
Down Finland’s slippery slope of carelessness for human rights
Human rights ranked low in Finland during the Cold War (1944-1991). Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Interior Minister Mari Rantanen, a well-known xenophobe, is drafting legislation that would take Finlnad back to the Cold War, when Russians and other migrants were denied the right to asylum. In criticizing government plans to pushback asylum seekers at the Finnish-Russian border,…
The Finnish-Russian border is not an open-and-shut case
Article 3 – border control measures must be without prejudice to the rights ofrefugees and other people requesting international protection, in particular asregards the principle of non-refoulement. European Convention on Human Rights Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantnanen called herself Tuesday a “tough border lady” on A-studio. After opening two border checkpoints Thursday at…
Close the Finnish-Russian border and leave everything to chance
I have always said that if there were another government, preferably without the National Coalition Party (NCP) and Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, the decision to shut the Russian-Finnish border would have some credibility. Source: X (formerly Twitter). The decision to close the border is first and foremost a political decision. It is a good way to shift…
Finnish government: Storms in a teacup and fearmongering from youth gangs to asylum seekers at the Finnish-Russian border
As a non-white Finn, it’s amazing how the Perussuomalaiset (PS)*, with the support of the National Coalition Party (NCP),* work with tiny numbers and speak in the conditional. In Sweden, there are tens of thousands of people in gangs while in Finland their number total 150-200. The same strategy goes for the closing of the…