Daniel Malpica* A couple of months ago, as part of the Writers for Peace Committee, the Finnish PEN was commissioned to write a resolution regarding migration on behalf of The Assembly of Delegates of PEN International. That resolution – written in a collaboration between Veera Tyhtilä, Shashank Mane and I – was focused on the problematic suffered by migrants and
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19-year-old detained asylum seeker in Tampere “is in good spirits” despite situation
The representative of the nineteen-year-old asylum seeker from Iraq thanks all the people who wrote words of encouragement to him during the past days. “He is in good spirits thanks to the emails but angry at the same time,” the representative told Migrant Tales by phone. “He doesn’t understand why he’s being locked up [since Friday, December 29] since he’s no criminal.”
Read on »Asylum seeker in detention cell 406: “[I] just [want] to be in [a] safe place and live in peace”
I asked on Saturday the young Iraqi asylum seeker in detention cell 406 to show with pictures his world which is now reduced to a barred window that exposes some buildings and the rainy overcast day. He messaged that he’s “just nervous and stressed about the next week what will happen.”
Read on »اخبار تشير الى ان الشرطه الفنلنديه تقوم بتضليل اللاجئين للتوقيع على العوده الطوعيه للعراق
من حكايات المهاجرين علمت حكايات المهاجرين بان الشرطه الفنلنديه تقوم بتضليل اللاجئين للتوقيع على اوراق العوده الطوعيه للعراق (لم نتمكن من تأكي الخبر من جهات رسميه ) يقول المصدر انه عندما يحصل اللاجيء على رفضه الثاني يتوجه لدائره الشركه لاستلام الجواب ) من المحكمه المختصه ) , مضيفا ان ما يفعلونه الان بعد اعطاء القرار
Read on »Soon-to-be deported SH opens new asylum case and is confident he won’t be forcibly sent to Iraq
SH is one of the three asylum seekers that were detained on January 6 by the police and sent from Turku to the Metsälä detention center in Helsinki a week ago to await deportation. Since then, KM was released Thursday but SH and another Iraqi asylum seeker, AM, are still at the detention center.
Read on »What message does Finland want to send to Iraqi asylum seekers by deporting them to a country that it has no repatriation agreement?
The case of two young Iraqis, KM and SH, who were detained by the police on Friday and who will apparently be deported from the country on Monday are a case in point. To KM and SH, there is another Iraqi national, AM, who will be deported together with KM and SH. All three are being held at the Helsinki detention camp of Metsälä.
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