THE POST WAS UPDATED Former Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Ano Turtiainen has become a real thorn in the side of the far-right Islamophobic party. Apart from his racist postings of George Floyd, encouraging violence against asylum reception centers, assaulting a fourteen-year-old, wishing that asylum seekers would drown at sea, inciting civil war, anti-vaxxer buffoonery, and other
Read on »Posts Tagged: violence
What happened in France was horrendous, the reaction of Islamophobes is just as bad
It is dreadful what happened in France when a man beheaded a teacher for showing students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Any sensible person, irrespective of his or her background, would condemn what happened. Even so, Islamophobes from the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party were already spreading racism and trying to score political points. Having lived in
Read on »The Finnish police, politicians and the media live in deep denial about the threat of far-right ideologies
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you the Soldiers of Odin, a far-right group with close ties with neo-Nazis. When they appeared, the media seemed to be amazed and swept off its feet, while the police played down the problem, just like the previous government did. Just like in the Oulu sexual assault cases,
Read on »Police officer who insulted and hit a woman gets suspended for three months
A police offer who insulted and hit a woman in a taxi line in Turku was suspended for three months, according to tabloid Iltalehti. Considering the racist statements made by the police officer, who in his words was too drunk to remember what he said, why wasn’t he sacked?
Read on »Facebook Daniel Malpica: Bad treatment at Helsinki’s Milliklubi Bar & Disco
Migrant Tales insight: A reader sent us this Facebook posting he would like to report in our blog community. Daniel Malpica alleges that the bouncer at the Milliklubi Bar & Disco (Kaivokatu 12, 00100 Helsinki) acts violently towards him.
Read on »“Justice was served” with the 9.5-year prison sentence for brutally attacking a Pakistani migrant in February
The wife of the Pakistani migrant, whose husband was brutally attacked by three Finnish white youths in February, is satisfied with the 9.5 year prison sentence handed by a Vantaa court Friday. The three youths were sentenced for attempted murder.
Read on »UPDATE: Helsinki Times: Pakistani stabbed several times in the Finnish city of Vantaa
A Pakistani was stabbed several times on Friday night in Vantaa, according to Helsinki Times. The victim is 37 and the father of a four-year-old child.
Read on »Welcome back to “safe” Iraq, let me slash you with a knife
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) continues to insist that countries like Iraq, where Finnish nationals are discouraged from visiting, is a safe country to deport people. Migri deports everyone they don’t give residence permits. You leave either “voluntarily” or by “force.”
Read on »Finland plans to deport another family with four children aged 1 to 6 years to Iraq
Even if former Finnish President Tarja Halonen (2006-2012) said today that deportations of asylum seekers should be suspended until the authorities have updated their security information of Afghanistan, Iraq and especially Syria, according to YLE News, there are plans to deport yet another Iraqi family with four children to their home country on Friday, April 28.
Read on »Iraqi asylum seeker in Finland: I’m building my home here and getting married this week
Whenever an asylum seeker, irrespective of how many times his or her application for asylum got turned down, there is one matter that must be done: write, write and write.
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 »Iraqi asylum seeker in Finland: A journey that began in a tormented land
Migrant Tales is very happy to receive mail from readers. Below is a story about an Iraqi asylum seeker that lives in Finland. These types of stories are important because, contrary to the media, offers a human face to asylum seekers.
Read on »Is Somalia a “safe” country and do asylum seekers want to die in vain?
In light of the assessment published by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) in May, where it claims that countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia are “safe” to return asylum seekers we strongly challenge such a claim. I challenge Migri’s assessment because it is political and has little to do with reality.
Read on »Racism Review: Protestors force cancelation of Trump rally in Chicago
The activists at University of Illinois-Chicago, where Trump had scheduled a rally, effectively shut it down yesterday. When the rally was abruptly canceled at the last minute, Trump supporters and protestors clashed. Several people were injured.
Read on »Nobody in Finland seems too concerned about the ever-xenophobic and hostile climate against asylum seekers, migrants and minorities
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä of Finland when he announced in September that he would offer his home to asylum seekers but has now put on hold such plans due to security reasons, reports the BBC. What is surprising is that nobody seems to care too much why it’s no longer safe to house asylum seekers in the prime minister’s home in Kempele.
Read on »Finnish police service of Häme give the green light to vigilante gangs in Asikkala
THIS POST WAS UPDATED If the comments and actions of politicians and the police service in 2015 are any indication of what we’ll expect this year, then asylum seekers, migrants, and minorities will see another shameful year of hostility and violence. On Saturday, a detective chief inspector of southern Finland, Markku Tuominen, was quoted as
Read on »Perussuomalaiset politician states “god has answered his prayers” after an asylum reception center was burned due to a suspected arson attack
Finland saw probably for the first time an asylum reception center in Niinisalo, which was going to house asylum seekers next week, being razed to the ground by a suspected arson attack Tuesday. While such an attack should be condemned by everyone, there’s a Perussuomalaiset (PS) politician called Juha Maenpää who is rejoicing at what happened.
Read on »How will the far right and anti-immigration parties in Europe try to exploit what happened in Paris today?
Terrorism is a sign of how dysfunctional our society an countries are at dealing with global conflicts. I’m so saddened by the violence and watch with manifest unease how the far right and anti-immigration populist party will exploit what happened for their own benefit. We still haven’t got confirmation on which group is behind the attacks. My condolences go to the victims and their families.
Read on »Christian Thibault: Don’t let fear intimidate you but watch your back!
Christian Thibault, chairman of Rasmus, an anti-racism NGO, asks how safe are our streets for migrants and minorities after Sunday’s parliamentary elections? Thibault is concerned but doesn’t want anyone to live in fear. “Don’t withdraw into safe ghettos,” he continued, “but be careful especially this coming weekend [when people of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* will be celebrating the
Read on »Timo Soini and the PS: “What goes around comes around”
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* chairman Timo Soini has good acting skills and a poor memory. At a press conference Thursday he told us about the death threats he’s received. I know how he feels because I too have received such death threats possibly from people inspired by the PS’ populist and hateful ideology. Even if I’ve lived in
Read on »A tragic message from Copenhagen
Violence shouldn’t have any place in our society but neither should we lose sight of why these violent acts occur in Europe today. In a society that defends civil rights such as freedom of expression, violence has no place and should be condemned. Violence can, however, come in many forms: bombs and killing people in cold blood. You
Read on »Are Bush’s Iraq War and Abu Ghraib torture to blame as well for the Charlie Hebdo attack?
When I reflect on what happened this week in Paris my thoughts drift to George W. Bush and his proclamation that the United States is on a crusade against terrorism. Juan Cole, an expert on Middle East politics, asks an important question on his blog: Having American troops occupy it [Baghdad] for 8 years, humiliate
Read on »Violent language
Some Finns don’t grasp how violent anti-immigration groups are and the role of institutional racism, which serves and supports such groups. Every lie, distorted and exaggerated fact concocted against migrants and visible minorities is a bullet. These anti-immigration groups and their supporters are, however, big cowards. They often threaten, slander and distort facts anonymously. Some
Read on »Zuzeeko’s blog: Minorities in Finland face unequal treatment, even in death
Zuzeeko Tegha Abeng* Family murders are common in Finland and whenever they happen the media mentions the nationality or origin of the perpetrator and the victim. But the origin of the most recent victim of Finland’s string of disturbing family murders was kept under wraps. Some people, including me wonder why. On 1 September 2013,
Read on »PS far right: Hirvisaari publicly supports the Finnish Defense League
Is it a surprise that far right Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP James Hirvisaari now publicly supports the Finnish Defence League, which is an offshoot of the far right English Defense League (EDL)? Not really. The EDL is the fastest-growing far right street movement in England since the National Front erupted in the 1970s. In a span
Read on »University of Eastern Finland concerned over threats to their racism researchers
Unions representing racism and multiculturalism researchers at the University of Eastern Finland, expressed concern Wednesday over the threats they are receiving, reports YLE in English. In a joint statement, the unions said that such threats to its researchers should be a cause for concern, especially in a region where intolerance is on the rise. “Our
Read on »Interior minister: Far right isn’t “a big threat” despite what happened in Jyväskylä
Christian Democrat Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen condemned the attack by three suspected neo-Nazi thugs in Jyväskylä as an assault against freedom of speech and the right to assembly, reports YLE. She didn’t consider, however, the far right to be a threat to Finland but said that the authorities aim to do more work to address social
Read on »Older woman assaulted at Myllypuro metro station in Helsinki
An older woman was attacked and sent to the hospital at Helsinki’s Myllypuro metro station, according to Metro’s April 26th edition. While the story does not state the ethnic background of the woman, Migrant Tales understands that the victim could be a Somali.
Read on »Harassment of Migrant Tales
Migrant Tales and I have been harassed by an individual since March 3, who has been demanding compensation for “defaming” him, an anonymous person. Yes, you heard it: defaming an anonymous person.
Read on »How seriously should we take death threats in Finland?
How seriously should we take a person who threatens your life for what you write? What does he or she tell us about our society and should we expose that person’s threats? Will bringing to public light such threats strengthen or weaken our Nordic democracy and society?
Read on »Uusi Suomi blog: Aina hyväntuulinen Ismael, joka kuoli
Ismael kuoli lauantaina. Kuolinsyy: luoti päähän. Ismael oli ujo 21-vuotias, aina hymyilevä ravintolatyöntekijä, jonka harrastuksiin kuului pelata perjantaisin jalkapalloa.
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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