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Most Finnish MEP's support sanctions against China

https://www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/te/16d1b8f4-6b49-402e-af13-5e1cac163578?ref=ampparit:a1ad Translation of an article published in Talouselämä on the 22nd of July 2020. Link below. Käännös Talouselämä-lehdessä 22.7.2020 julkaistusta artikkelista. Linkki alla. From the MEP's five supported both economic and human rights based sanctions. According to Uutissuomalainen, ten from Finland's 14 MEP's support EU-level sanctions against China due to the late June enactment of a national security law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. From the MEP's Ville Niinistö (Greens), Alviina Alametsä (Greens), Elsi Katainen (Center), Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Social Democrats) and Silvia Modig (Left Alliance) support sanction based on both economical and human rights based sanctions. Alametsä points out that the EU is currently negotiating with China about a massive investment deal. "The deal should include legally binding clauses to protect sustainable de...

Finland's treatment of asylum seekers backfires

I already had a post planned out and I even began writing it. But before I could finish it, something happened that I simply can't ignore. The thing is that in response to the 2015 refugee crisis, Finland's current government led by prime minister Juha Sipilä has made some questionable changes to our immigration policy, especially when it comes to the treatment of asylum seekers. This has led to a massive increase in the percentage of rejected applications and recently news stories have revealed the dark consequences this has. The worst part is that the government was warned this would happen, but they chose to push through the changes to legislation anyway and has refused to scale back their changes despite heavy criticism from the opposition and groups like Amnesty International. What changes have they made? For one, they made restrictions to the access for legal help for asylum seekers. In court, asylum seekers can't be represented by private law firms, meaning they hav...