Sunday 17 April 2011

True Finns

Agrarian supporters of generous welfare provision and of the economic role of the State, but who dare to support immigration restrictions and conservative social policies accordingly. Much traduced. Of course.

Where do they come from, anyway, these immigrants to Finland, historically part of other people's empires rather than an imperial power in her own right? What made them want to move to Finland, in particular? And how, exactly, did they go about it?

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  1. When I visited Helsinki a few years ago I noticed a lot of Somalians in the outer suburbs.

    I'm not sure how they put up with the cold?

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