The small 50-70 strong Iraqi community of the northern Finnish city of Kemi (pop. 21,256 in 2017) is feeling the brunt of the Islamophobic reaction of the highly publicized sexual assault cases of Oulu, located just 106 km from the city.
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Asylum seeker in detention cell 208: Two pictures, two views of the Joutseno immigration removal center
Below are two pictures taken of a window from the immigration removal center in Lappeenranta. The picture on the left was taken on Thursday and the one on the right in November.
Read on »Another Christian asylum seeker faces deportation from Finland
Migrant Tales received a phone call today about a young nineteen-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker who was apprehended by the police in Tampere and locked up in a cell awaiting possible deportation. He was offered two options by the police: Either return to Iraq “voluntarily” or by force. He refused to sign either document.
Read on »Finnish Immigration Service starts to deport Afghans
The Finnish Immigration Service with the police are starting deport this year Afghan nationals. According to unconfirmed sources, the victims include a family and “a number” of Afghans. The video below was allegedly in Hyvinkää.
Read on »Day 12 of the Helsinki demonstration by asylum seekers: Hussain Kazemian wishes you well!
Hussain Kazemian is from Afghanistan and visited the Iraqi asylum seekers at the Helsinki Railway Square Tuesday and Wednesday morning. She shares what he saw and the atmosphere at the demonstration, which celebrates today is 12th day.
Read on »في اليوم 11 من مظاهرة هلسنكي طالبي اللجوء العراقيين: “الحل هو اللجوء في فنلندا
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Judge to decide Sunday whether two Iraqi asylum seekers will be forcibly deported
KM, the Iraqi asylum seeker that has been detained by the police in Turku, will see a judge today that will decide whether to deport him and his friend, SH, forcibly back to Iraq.
Read on »The disgraceful stand of the government towards undocumented migrants in Finland
Winter is rapidly approaching and Interior Minister Paula Risikko isn’t too enthused about the idea that the Evangelical Lutheran Church wants to give housing to undocumented migrants, according to YLE.
Read on »Iraqi asylum seeker gets asylum application turned down as his family members are attacked by the militia
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) is planning to reassess the security situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia after an initial assessment in May deemed these countries to be safe to return asylum seekers.
Read on »Case Villa Meri: Is the job of an asylum reception center to promote the well-being or suffering of those they serve?
“Silence is beautiful” is a saying that most people in this country will appreciate but if the authorities don’t act and keep the public in suspense, that silence can turn into poison in a country like Finland where there are interest groups that make it their business to spread hatred, victimize and destroy the good name of migrants.
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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