I do, and very vividly. Jari Sillantie was the deputy manager of the northern Finland Kolari asylum reception center that sacked him after some 140 asylum seekers protested his management style. Even if his management style and Facebook “likes” did not reveal his attraction to the Islamophobic Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party, they did speak volumes about
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Amir’s tragic life as an asylum seeker in Finland
I got to know Amir* in 2016 when he was living in the Kolari asylum refugee center. Thanks to his help and those of others, the asylum seekers of the reception center organized a demonstration that ended with the deputy manager, Jari Sillantie, getting sacked. Amir, an Iraqi, came to Finland in 2015 like so
Read on »Why did Finland allocate so much money on asylum reception centers that treated in too many cases refugees like “livestock?”
In 2015 and 2016 some 38,000 asylum seekers came to Finland and scores of asylum reception centers were established rapidly throughout the country to house so many people. Even if the government’s ever-draconian view of migrants was “not make Finland attractive to asylum seekers” at any cost, asylum seekers helped expose our ineffective immigration and integration policy.
Read on »Kolari asylum seekers “very happy” about the closure of the reception center
A number of asylum seekers at the Kolari reception center expressed happiness about plans by the Finnish Immigration Service to close Finland’s northernmost center on November 31.
Read on »Police allegedly threatened asylum seeker with deportation if “he didn’t behave” and stop protesting
A fight that took place today between two families at the Kolari asylum reception center forced five police service vans and 12-15 police to arrive at the camp, which is located in a far-flung village of 3,857 inhabitants, according to sources contacted by Migrant Tales. The fight is one matter but what the police allegedly told an asylum seeker is equally worrying.
Read on »Is the Kolari asylum reception center a copy of PS immigration and regional policy that is unconstitutional?
There is a strong argument that the Kolari reception center, located in the far-flung village of 3,857 inhabitants in the middle of nowhere, is a copy of Perussuomalaiset (PS)* and specifically Social Welfare Minister Hanna Mäntylä’s contempt against asylum seekers and of regional policy that is unconstitutional.
Read on »Kolari asylum seeker: Matters haven’t improved at all at the reception center
Even if the deputy manager of the Kolari asylum reception center, Jari Sillantie, got fired on Thursday, matters at the camp haven’t gotten any better, according to an asylum seeker contacted by Migrant Tales.
Read on »What former Kolari asylum reception center deputy manager “likes” on Facebook (and it’s not pretty)
Finland was hard pressed to set up reception centers last year to house some 32,500 asylum seekers. In that quest, it’s understandable that some mistakes were made when hiring staff. What is commendable is that the Finnish Immigration Service succeeded at finding a reception center place for each of the asylum seekers.
Read on »YLE: Red Cross sacks Kolari asylum reception center deputy manager
Special thanks to Rovaniemi-based daily Lapin Kansa, YLE and Helsingin Sanomat that some solution to the ordeal of 129 asylum seekers at the Kolari reception center has led with the sacking of Jari Sillantie, the deputy manager of the camp, according to YLE. One of the biggest complaints that the asylum seekers had was Sillantie.
Read on »Rebuttal to Helsingin Sanomat concerning the Kolari asylum reception center story
Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest daily, published Monday a story without interviewing a single asylum seeker at the Kolari reception center never mind yours truly about how this story emerged and developed.
Read on »Humane treatment of asylum seekers – case Kolari reception center
Many of us have read about recent events at the Kolari asylum reception center in northern Finland. Considering that the far-flung reception center is located in the middle of nowhere 80km north of the Arctic Circle, one could ask what is more important: the well-being of its asylum seekers, or regional policy to keep Finland populated?
Read on »Kirje Suomalaisille Kolarin vastaanottokeskuksesta – A letter to Finns from the Kolari asylum reception center
Hyvät Kolarilaiset ja Suomalaiset,
Olemme pakolaisia ja asumme Kolarin vastaanottokeskuksessa jossa oli rauhanomainen mielenosoitus keskiviikkona. Jotkut, joka ovat lukeneet mitä tapahtui keskiviikkona Lapin Kansasta, väittävät että olimme tehnet mielenosoituksen koska vihamme suomalaisia. Väite ei voisi olla kauempana totuudesta.
Read on »What’s going on at the Kolari, Finland, asylum reception center?
There’s been a lot of news as of late from the small town of Kolari, where the location of Finland’s northernmost asylum center is. If I were forced to live there, I would probably go crazy too.
Read on »About 120 asylum seekers from the Kolari reception center in Finland protested against bad treatment
Migrant Tales understands that some 120 asylum seekers at the Kolari asylum reception center have walked out in protest for the poor treatment they get at the center. There were only four asylum seekers that did not participate in the protest, according to a source.
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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