THE STORY WAS UPDATED There is a strange logic that is counterproductive, like shooting oneself in the leg. Finland has a labor shortage that is going to get worse. According to some sources, Finland will need up to 50,000 migrants a year to plug the deficit. I wonder why these types of estimates haven’t been…
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Finland’s PM problematic recipe for moderating the far right
The story was updated If an interview of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Politico, he said the best way to moderate the far right is to invite them to rule and be a part of the government. What is significant by the interviews is that it is the first time that Orpo admits that the…
Immigration is good, not as bad as the Finnish government claims
Since the 2011 parliamentary election, when the Perussuomalaiset(PS)* won 39 seats from five in the previous election, the PS has consolidated its power – with the help of other mainstream parties like the National Coalition Party (NCP) – by spreading fear and lies about migrants. Any sensible person understands that migration is a very powerful…
The longest day of the Finnish government will come to an end
People had a saying in Argentina when de facto régimes called the shots by ousting democratically elected governments: No hay mal que dure cien años, the longest day must have its end. One matter that the new military rulers made you feel was weak and vulnerable. The saying would apply well to National Coalition Party…
Interior Minister Mari Rantanen: Are you paranoid?
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen not only loathes Muslims and other minorities, but her suspicion of migrants and minorities have made her paranoid. The panacea of all of Finland’s problems are groups like Muslims, according to her. Without giving a shred of evidence of social security fraud, Rantanen wants to create Kela (The…
Finland: Between xenophobia and a hard place
Apart from being the most right-wing government in a hundred years, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government is doing everything possible to disenfranchise migrants and minorities. We can mention raising the citizenship requirements from five to eight years and excluding Russians from having dual citizenship as indicators of how xenophobia is driving Finnish politics. One Russian…
How Yle spreads and reinforces xenophobia with the help of stenography journalism
It is surprising that Finland’s national broadcaster, Yle, spreads xenophobia and suspicion of asylum seekers via its news reporting. Yle, never calls people attempting to enter Finland via the Finnish-Russian border asylum seekers but people who are attempting to enter the country illegally. The narrative spread by Yle reporters is a toothless stenographic copy of…
Iraqi family awaiting possible deportation
. At the end of December, an Iraqi family received news from the police that they’d be deported to Iraq in about two weeks. After many rejections for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) after living in Finland for eight years, it was the first time they had been hit with a deportation order….
Stubb, Halla-aho, Harkimo, Essayah, Haavisto, Aaltola, and Rehn are ready to throw the civil rights of Finland’s Russian community under the bus
Reading the news about how Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government plans to not comply with the right to seek asylum speaks volumes about Finland’s “R” problem. In many cases, the media, which acts more like a rubber stamp for the government on migration issues, is also part of the problem. It is sad to see…
The war in Ukraine and the Russian-Finnish border crisis are showing Finland’s ugly side
Katja Marova, a member of the 37,813-strong community (2022) who holds dual Russian and Finnish citizenship, admitted that her stress level rose thanks to recent statements by presidential candidates concerning banning dual citizenship for Russians. “This is scary and has raised a lot of conern among Russian speakers in Finland,” said Morova. Katja Marova was…