Debate Immigration Platform

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.

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.

Report racism!

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.

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!

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