The Pakistani, who was attacked in a brutal manner in Vantaa on February 23 by three white Finnish youths carrying a knife, ax, and a pointed object, sees what happened to him was a hate crime.*
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A tragic weekend that encourages us to challenge social ills like racism, bigotry and inequality in Finland, Europe and globally
Over the weekend a lot of things happened: The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) hosted a seminar in Helsinki on anti-migration racism Saturday that was overshadowed by a closed Finnish police Facebook page with racist comments, a comprehensive story on ethnic profiling in Finland, and another terrorist attack in London that left seven killed and 48 injured.
Housing discrimination occurs in Finland and is underreported by the media
A news story in YLE News about housing for immigrants highlights one area where discrimination is rife and unreported by the media. Contrary to discrimination in the labor market and at night clubs, reported by YLE, housing is another area where migrants and minorities face discrimination.
Launch of ENAR’s 2014-15 Shadow Report on Afrophobia in the European Union
This fact sheet for Finland based on ENAR’s Shadow Report questionnaire 2014/2015 was answered by Enrique Tessieri from Migrant Tales. Go to original link here.
How hate crime goes unreported in Finland
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR), an anti-racism NGO, reported the previous week that there were in 2013 a total of 47,210 racist crimes reported by NGOs throughout Europe. It claimed that those reported cases were only the tip of the iceberg of all recorded hate crimes. Migrant Tales was informed recently about a case in Helsinki of…
ENAR*: Open letter to Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands , Ivo Opstelten , Ministry for Security and Justice and Fred Teeven , State Secretary for Security and Justice
Brussels, 24 November 2014 Dear Prime Minister, Dear Ministers, We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concern regarding the conduct of Dutch authorities and law enforcement officials on the day of the ‘arrival’ of Saint Nicholas in Gouda, the Netherlands on 15 November 2014. First hand evidences show clear violations of the freedom of…
European Network Against Racism report highlights Finland’s racism and discrimination challenges
Shadow reports on racism in Europe by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) reveals something we’ve not known and written about on Migrant Tales for a long time. Apart from racism and discrimination happening in employment, the question behind the question is why is this still an issue? Why are governments still doing too little?…
European Network Against Racism statement: Europe is losing out by failing to recognise the talents of migrants and ethnic minorities
March 9, 2013: Migrants and ethnic minorities contribute hugely to Europe’s economic, social, political and cultural life. But failing to recognise and value this contribution –or worse, setting barriers to migrants’ participation in society– results in a waste of these many talents. This has a damaging impact on Europe’s resilience to the economic crisis, its creativity,…
ENAR announcement: Recycling hatred – racism(s) in Europe today
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) will organize a policy forum at the Institute for European Studies (IES), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, on 7th March 2013 in order to launch the ENAR publication, entitled “Recylcing hatred: racism(s) in Europe today.” For more information go to the following link. Recyling hatred #1 Recyling hatred #2
ENAR: Hate crime victims finally recognised with European Parliament vote
Comment: Without a doubt, this is an important piece of legislation by the European Parliament, which will require EU states to systematically collect data on hate crimes. Even if the Finnish police collects such data, reporting hate crimes to the police may be more complicated for an immigrant than meets the eye. The key question…