The rise of right-wing populist parties and their ever-growing attacks on immigrants and minorities is an outcome of Europe’s inability to draft and pass a workable immigration and refugee policy. Immigrants and refugees are not the real threat to Europe. It is weak leadership by politicians and standing up to the populist rhetoric that...
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Civilizations are measured by "the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained."
W.H. Auden
Posts Tagged ‘ Immigration policy ’
Europe and Finland must get its immigration policy right
YLE: Immigration policy to focus on security
Immigration policy is to shift emphasis towards safeguarding security in society, says new Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen. She told YLE radio that immigration policy would now shift to officials in charge of policing.
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BBC: Danish immigration minister Hornbech fired over scandal
Denmark's Immigration Minister Birthe Roenn Hornbech has been sacked after 36 stateless Palestinians were wrongly refused citizenship.
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True Finns’ immigration manifesto is full of holes and question marks
A group of anti-immigration True Finn members published over the weekend their recipe to correct Finland's "wayward" immigration policy. As I wrote on June 20, their new immigration policy stance will not surprise anyone since the True Finns' anti-immigration stance is well known.
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A-Talk: What is wrong with the Social Democrats?
At least for me, the debate on immigration on A-Talk on Thursday was a disappointment. The only sensible persons on the show were Anni Sinnemäki of the Greens and Jyrki Katainen of Kokoomus. The two opposition leaders, Jutta Urpilainen of the Social Democrats (SDP) and Timo Soini of the True Finns...
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