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Why There is Nothing ‘Exceptional’ about Finland’s Right Turn in Asylum Policy
Finland’s recent response to migrants arriving at its eastern border is neither surprising nor unprecedented. There is nothing exceptional about states mobilising significant resources to prevent access to territory and asylum by unwanted migrants – examples from other European states and beyond are plentiful. Rather, in its restrictive and punitive response to unwanted migrants, Finland is one of…
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Welcome to the Mobile Futures webinar: Access to asylum and migrants’ right to mental health
In the past years, we have witnessed an increasing securitisation of migration, along with the weakening of migrants’ rights and threats to migrants’ well-being in Finland and many other European countries. Welcome to join the Mobile Futures webinar on these topics on 12 September 13-15.