Prime Minister Orpo announced today that it will give next week to parliament the Draft Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration, or the so-called pushback law. In our opinion, the new law will not solve the problem at the border but will worsen it. Disagree? Just take a look at other EU borders, and…
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Suomen hallituksen uudella kansalaisuuslailla ei ole mitään tekemistä kotouttamisen kanssa
Suunnitelmat kansalaisuuslain tiukentamiseksi paljastavat pääministeri Petteri Orpon hallituksen huomattavan historiallisen muistinmenetyksen. Tiesittekö, että Suomi kielsi naisilta, joiden ylpeästi väitetään saaneen ensimmäisenä Euroopassa äänioikeuden, oikeuden antaa kansalaisuus lapsilleen? Vain miehellä oli tällainen oikeus ja etuoikeus. Vuonna 1984, noin 66 vuotta itsenäistymisen jälkeen, naiset saivat vihdoin oikeuden antaa kansalaisuuden lapsilleen jus sanguinis -periaatteen mukaisesti. Lähde: Valtionuevosto Lain…
Finland’s pushback law will cause death, suffering, and loss of face
National Coalition Party Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government is drafting a new pushback law that permits Finland to subvert human rights, international law, and the rights enshrined in its constitution. Even if the law gets approval from parliament, it will not solve but worsen the problem at the Finnish-Russian border. Considering that Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Interior…
Finland’s spectacular fall from grace
In 2011, when the Islamophobic and anti-EU Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party won 39 seats versus 5 in the previous election, did anyone foresee that we’d end up here? Wreaking havoc are Prme Minister Petteri Orpo’s National Coalition Party (NCP) and the PS with their two government coalition partners, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats….
Let the asylum seekers in and help us solve our demographic woes
THE STORY WAS UPDATED There is a strange logic that is counterproductive, like shooting oneself in the leg. Finland has a labor shortage that is going to get worse. According to some sources, Finland will need up to 50,000 migrants a year to plug the deficit. I wonder why these types of estimates haven’t been…
Finland’s slippery slope
On Friday, the government revealed its plan to subvert our constitution, international agreements, and human rights by denying people escaping strife and poverty asylum. Even if the government does not use the term push back, it is exactly that: a law that allows Finland to deny and push back people seeking asylum. What is most…
Finland’s PM problematic recipe for moderating the far right
The story was updated If an interview of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Politico, he said the best way to moderate the far right is to invite them to rule and be a part of the government. What is significant by the interviews is that it is the first time that Orpo admits that the…
The longest day of the Finnish government will come to an end
People had a saying in Argentina when de facto régimes called the shots by ousting democratically elected governments: No hay mal que dure cien años, the longest day must have its end. One matter that the new military rulers made you feel was weak and vulnerable. The saying would apply well to National Coalition Party…
The war in Ukraine and the Russian-Finnish border crisis are showing Finland’s ugly side
Katja Marova, a member of the 37,813-strong community (2022) who holds dual Russian and Finnish citizenship, admitted that her stress level rose thanks to recent statements by presidential candidates concerning banning dual citizenship for Russians. “This is scary and has raised a lot of conern among Russian speakers in Finland,” said Morova. Katja Marova was…
Finland’s government is heading the country towards a path of disaster
The government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is anticipating with some dread the opening of the Finnish-Russian border on 14 January. In order to deny people the right to asylum, Orpo has gone as far as to suggest that asylum seekers should be sent directly back to Russia supposedly because it is a safe country….