On Wednesday’s A-studio talk show, viewers got once again a taste of the depths of fascism and racism of the Perussuomalaiset (PS) through MP Joakim Vigelius. One of the matters that surprised me was how the host, Petri Raivio, did not stop to fact-check Vigelius’ brazen lies.
Since the Finnish media rarely fact-checks or takes a clear stand in its editorials on migration policy issues, spreading lies and half-truths by xenophobes is fairly easy.
Apart from being a charlatan, Vigelius insulted on the show Social Democrat Vice President Nasima Razmyar with his racist remarks. The PS MP maintained that people from the Middle East and Africa should not come as quota refugees to Finland next year because they “don’t integrate” and are “a threat to society.”
PS MP Joakim Vigelius. Source Yle
Another incredible matter that came to light on the talk show was his exaggeration and racism about Europe’s migration problem. Imagine, Vigrlius is worried about such a problem even if Finland had last year 5,372 asylum seekers, according to Statistics Finland.
The asylum seekers coming to Europe are only a drop in the bucket of all those in the world fleeing strife.
Moreover, far-right politicians like him speak of “mass” migration even if it was Europe that sent millions of migrants to the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries and hundreds of thousands of Finns to Sweden after World War 2.
Forgetting your history, Vigelius?
Vigelius’ poor fortune-teller skills were also exposed. If he’s to be believed, and we shouldn’t, Finland should stop taking Muslims and African nationals in the quota-refugee scheme for 2025 because they are “a threat to society,” according to him.
Vigelius argued that it was “for the benefit of society and we can void many [social] problems from the integration of such people. It is for the benefit of the migrant and society [that they don’t come here],” he said.
Vigelius’ views are further proof that the PS Is not only fascist but racist to the core.