From the book 'Handy Atlas of The World' - Raivaajan koko maailman kartasto 1912 (detail)
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L I N K S Related to immigration today Immigration in the European Union: problem or solution? Prospect Magazine, June 2000. Observer/OECD Europe’s history has been shaped by migration. For centuries, merchants, craftsmen and intellectuals crossed the continent to practice their trades or start new lives. Millions emigrated from Europe, first to the colonies and later to the Americas.... Understanding Migration and Asylum in the European Union. Open Society Foundations. April 2015 The word “migrant” describes a person who leaves home to seek a new life in another region or country. A Migration Juggernaut Is Headed for Europe. The New York Times. Sept. 15, 2015 European leaders probably don’t want to hear this now, as they frantically try to close their borders to stop hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants... More migrants on Friday than in nearly a century. Yle News. September 18, 2015 The number of migrants arriving in Finland today Friday is the highest in a single day since the Russian Revolution. Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? BBC News. 21 September 2015 Europe is experiencing one of the most significant influxes of migrants and refugees in its history. What Americans, Europeans think of immigrants. Pew Research. Factank. September 24, 2015 Ku Klux Klan-clad protester in Lahti anti-asylum seeker demonstration. Yle News. September 25, 2015 A group of asylum seekers brought to stay at a former barracks... were confronted by protesters carrying Finnish flags hurling fireworks and stones. Migrant crisis: Merkel says EU must secure external borders. BBC News. 15 October 2015 All EU countries must be prepared to send security staff to the bloc's external borders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. She said it would be unfair to ask EU countries seeing the majority of initial migrant entries to secure borders as well. Police: Drunken racists target refugee centres. Yle News. December 28, 2015 Attacks against refugee reception centres in Finland. The common factors in the cases of arson and vandalism this autumn and winter have been racist attitudes and alcohol. World Report 2016: ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights. Human Rights Watch. January 27, 2016 Terror Attacks, Refugee Crisis, and Broad Global Crackdown. “Fear of terrorist attacks and mass refugee flows are driving many Western governments to roll back human rights protections”. Finland says Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia now safe, tightens residence permit requirements. Yle News. May 17, 2016 Finnish immigration officials believe that it's now safe for nationals to return to their home countries, making it more difficult for asylum seekers from these countries to receive residence permits in Finland. Just over 6% of unaccompanied minors granted asylum to date, most applications still pending. Yle News. May 27, 2016 Finland has cumulatively granted asylum to 195 underage applicants from a total of 3,201 since the wave of mass migration first hit Europe last summer. Proportion of rejected asylum claims doubles. Yle News. June 4, 2016 Tightened criteria, and a drop in the number of people returning voluntarily, have led to a sharp rise in the rate of negative asylum decisions. Social media cries foul over deportation of mother and three-year-old daughter. Helsinki Times. June 6, 2016 The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has come under widespread criticism for a decision to return a mother and her three-year-old daughter from Finland to Iraq. Related to Finns in Canada Immigrant History, Ethic and Cultural groups, Finnish Library and Archives Canada Archival sources for the Study of Finnish Canadians The Finnish Canadian collection Publication: Schaefer, Ewald. Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.1986 Finns in Northern America. Professor Emeritus Reino Kero: Miners, farmers and maids Emeritusprofessori Reino Kero: Mainareita, farmareita ja piikoja Presentation at the Finnish Cultural Foundation's annual celebration 2011 (in Finnish only) Varpu Lindström-Best: The Finns in Canada. Published 1985 Sudbury Library: Historical photographs. Copper Cliff Museum. Copper Cliff Notes... history, people, places and events Copper Cliff, a neighborhood of Greater Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Finnish Canadian Historical Society (Facebook) Related to immigration and Canada The Archives of Ontario Tracing your ancestry Tracing Your Family History Library and Archives Canada: Search Immigration Records (1925-1935) Tracing your ancestors in Canada (28 page pdf booklet) Historical Canadian Newspapers Online Ontario OntarioGenWeb Specializes in the how and where - how to research Ontario and where to find research resources. * Sudbury District GenWeb Other Emigrant Tracking - Finnish and Scandinavian Resources Emigration and emigrants from Finland in the 19th and 20th century. Databases and articles Genealogy Source for family history buffs to find genealogical research originally posted in GenForum and our most popular genealogy articles * Finland Genealogy Forum The Finns in America by Taru Spiegel Presentation provides information about immigration from Finland to the United States, and about the activities of Finnish-American immigrants in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Finland and the Finns. A Selective Bibliography by Elemér Bakó. 1993 (pdf 298 pages) Former Finno-Ugrian Area Specialist, European Division Elias Lönnrot and his Kalevala by Elemér Bakó. 1978, revised version 1985 (pdf 40 pages) Finnish Collections at the Library of Congress The US Library's general collections of monographs, bound periodicals, and annuals include approximately 50,000 titles from or about Finland. |
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