A platform organizing open talks related with immigration in Europe, with a focus on the Finnish situation.
Being aware that the phenomenon of immigration in Finland has been increasingly gaining importance at all levels, we consider that in order for citizens to comprehend it and deal with it in the best way, information and education should be provided, presenting helpful facts and giving always room for debate. With the Debate Immigration Platform, we would like to involve people from inside and outs
01/03/2016
Mitä uusia vertaisryhmiä pääkaupunkiseudulla on käynnistymässä? Entä mistä vertaisohjaajien vertaisryhmässä on kysymys? VeTo-verkoston maaliskuun uutiskirjeestä löydät vastaukset näihin kysymyksiin ja tutustut verkoston uusiin jäseniin. Uutiskirje 3/2016: http://bit.ly/1QQ14DO
01/03/2016
Muslimiaktivisti Maryan Abdulkarim: ”Suomessa rasismista ja jopa rotuopista on tullut... Maryan Abdulkarim, 32, haaveili yläasteella lääkärin ammatista, m***a opinto-ohjaaja kehotti opiskelemaan lähihoitajaksi. Se oli hänestä sopivampi vaihtoehto somalitytölle. Maryanista ei tullut kumpaakaan vaan rasismin vastustaja ja musliminaisten äänitorvi.
25/02/2016
http://www.eirasismille.fi/english
Just for your information! Here you can report a racist/discriminatory situation, if unfortunately you experience one. It can be done anonymously (or not), and you can have assistance or support if you need so.
The aim is to convert these cases into an annual report that will highlight these situations and raise awareness of racism in Finland.
24/02/2016
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001124693.html
The Finnish Immigration office has released a video in where they explain few features of the Finnish character to immigrants. What do you think of this? Enlightening and educative or patronising and outrageous?
Maahanmuuttajille kerrotaan nyt suomalaisten omituisista käytännöistä – erikoinen bussitapa... Maahanmuuttovirasto on julkaissut Youtubessa kaksi videota, joilla maahanmuuttajia opastetaan paitsi suomalaisen yhteiskunnan sääntöihin, myös suomalaisten tapoihin, jotka voivat ulkomailta tulevan silmään vaikuttaa erikoisilta.
28/02/2014
http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2014/02/28/is-europe-growing-more-intolerant/ #.UxChvP3PZuZ
Are Europeans growing more intolerant of diversity? 'United in Diversity' is the official motto of the European Union. However, with far-right and anti-immigration parties expected to be among the big winners of the upcoming EU elections in May, are Europeans growing less tolerant? We’ve ...
Hello everyone!
Thank you for coming to the event on Friday! It proves spatial segregation is a topic of interest to many of you and there still are many questions unanswered related to it. Maybe at some point we should talk again about this phenomenon. Meanwhile keep posted about the upcoming events, by following us either here, on Twitter or by joining the group.
Have an awesome week and be alert to any immigration related topics and events!
14/02/2014
Homelessness growing in Helsinki suburbs; immigrants hit hard A housing market survey by the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) has found an increase in the numbers of homeless in the Helsinki suburbs of Espoo and Vantaa over the past year. The phenomenon has hit immigrant families particularly hard.
13/02/2014
2009 award winning film, Welcome, about immigration issues that should be debated. Here’s a review from The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/nov/09/welcome-film-immigration and another from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/movies/07welcome.html If you spot it somewhere, don’t miss it.
Welcome highlights British hypocrisy as well as French brutality | David Cox David Cox: Philippe Lioret's film shows how EU countries that persecute immigrants are only doing Britain's dirty work
http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2014/02/12/post-swiss-referendum-eu-respond/ #.UvtEx_3PZuZ
Post Swiss referendum: how should the EU respond? Last Sunday, 50.3% of the Swiss population voted in favour of a cap on “mass immigration” in a country-wide referendum. The outcome of the referendum – or, as the media have labelled it, the “stop mass immigration” proposal – forces the country to...
11/02/2014
http://www.icenews.is/2014/02/11/finland-to-tighten-residency-rules/
On asylum seekers
Finland to tighten residency rules Finland is planning to tighten rules on asylum seekers who have had their applications denied, in a bid to prevent them receiving temporary residency. Finland currently has 200 failed asylum seekers living in the country on temporary residency permits ...
10/02/2014
http://yle.fi/uutiset/ministry_immigrants_get_bogged_down_in_language_training/7078938?origin=rss
Our guest speaker Mamun mentioned this on Friday's talk.
Ministry: Immigrants get bogged down in language training The employment and business service centre TE Keskus has problems helping immigrants get work, according to a detailed study by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The Ministry is pondering how foreigners living in Finland could more efficiently move from language training and basic educatio...
10/02/2014
http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/Ulkomaalaisten+työttömyys+kasvaa+kantaväestöä+nopeammin/a1391921989997
For those of you who read Finnish language, an article about unemployment numbers rising among immigrants.
Ulkomaalaisten työttömyys kasvaa kantaväestöä nopeammin Joulukuussa oli työttömänä lähes 30 000 ulkomaalaista eli viidennes enemmän kuin vuotta aiemmin.