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Migrant Tales comment: This statement by the the Council of Europe’s Human Rights commissioner, Nils Muižnieks, is a good example of how racist anti-immigration groups are gaining more power in Europe. In Finland we saw the spectacular rise of the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party in 2011. Finland’s anti-EU, anti-immigration and anti-Islam voice got stronger in parliament....
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Dominic-Savior Chukwu’s BA thesis addresses some of the challenges that immigrants face when employed at a Finnish company. Apart from practical problems like understanding the work contract that he or she will sign, some immigrants are apprehensive about demanding their rights. Chukwu’s states that some migrants come from countries where there are inadequate labor...
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Dear Migrant Tales, Being the only black person at work can be challenging but what about if the workplace becomes openly hostile to you? By hostile I mean being constantly watched by your coworkers, if you make a mistake it’s always a bigger deal than if a white coworker did it, if you’re speaking...
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Iise Ali Hassan Suomessa on paljon mahdollisuuksia opiskella mitä sinä haluat. Kaikki opiskelu on lähes ilmaista ja tämä kannustaa ihmisiä jatkamaan opiskelua. Ilman opiskelua on vaikea päästää eteenpäin elämässä Suomessa. Opiskelen Otavan Opiston monikulttuurisella peruskoulunlinjalla. Vaikein asiaa minulle on Suomen kieli. Silti olen oppinut paljon tänä vuonna. Ensimmäinen asiaa johon ulkomaalainen opiskelija törmää...
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This cartoon by Muhamed Abdimajed Murshid was published in Otavan Sanomat in May 2013. It was a magazine project by the students of Otava Folk High School. The cartoon shows what a lot of immigrants face when studying Finnish. Picture one: Studying Finnish in the beginning. Picture two: Two years later… Do any of...
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Ali Dahir, the black bus driver who was assaulted Tuesday in Helsinki by a white Finn, claims that the police and the law treat foreigners differently from Finns. The bus driver, who is a Finnish citizen and a native of Somalia, was attacked while at work and suffered concussions. While the police and government...
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A black bus driver from Somalia was assaulted Tuesday in Helsinki by a white Finn, who apparently didn’t like a black man honking the horn at him. Ali Dahir, the victim who has been given sick leave from work, was hit by the attacker and suffered concussions. “I had to stop at an intersection...
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