What destiny can befall a country or a political party that retreats into its own fears and scapegoats migrants for its own blunders and inaction? As one friend pointed out, Finland resembles today a sinking ship that is throwing overboard excess weight like migrants, refugees, minorities and Nordic values. The situation is dire, very dire.
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Institute of Race Relations: ‘May we bring harmony’? Thatcher’s legacy on ‘race’
Comment: Finland lags behind most European countries when it comes to immigration, ethnic relations and populism. One cannot avoid some of the parallels with Margaret Thatcher’s Britain of the 1980s and Finland today. One reason why her New Right policies still exist after a quarter a century since she was forced from office, is because
Read on »LiveScience: Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults.
Read on »Finland also locks up asylum seeker children
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- A child in the Joutseno Immigration Removal Center.
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