Friends, Comrades! Finland’s asylum policy is a policy of death and state violence. Our asylum bureaucracy is thoroughly racist and reproduces colonialism. The right to seek asylum at the state border is a human right, and the right to life belongs to everyone without exception. Politicians across party lines praise the importance of human rights, […]
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15.12.2022
Translation of the Speech of the Free Movement in the Demonstration Helsinki without Nazis 6.12.2022
Welcome to the Free movement network meeting and the autumn meeting of the association Welcome to the meeting of the Free movement network on Sunday 30.10. at 17:00 at Lymy (Penegerkatu 6, Kallio, Helsinki). The meeting will deal with association matters, planning activities for the autumn and winter, and discussing topical issues related to the […]
Welcome to the Free Movement network meeting on Saturday 7th of May starting at 16.00 in Lymy (Penegerkatu 6, Kallio, Helsinki). We will be happy to meet everyone face to face, and especially people who have recently joined the network. We will discuss the pressing issues arising this spring and think of what to plan for next autumn. […]
▲ CWB & Counselling of Free Movement are open every Wednesday from 5 to 8 at Lymy (Pengerkatu 6). For councelling please book a time slot through email (vapaaliikkuvuus(at)gmail.com) or Facebook if possible. Free Movement hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Helsinki and Tampere. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and […]
Residence permits now – 6 years is too long to wait! “We came to Finland in 2015 to seek asylum. 6 years, we have hold our breath and waited. 6 years is an inhumanly long time, we are tired to wait. Some of us have children, who’ve been to Finnish schools for five years, some […]
Dear member of Free Movement association! We are welcoming you to the annual fall meeting on Wednesday 8th of September at 17.00 via Jitsi-meet. Link for joining both meetings is: https://meet.jit.si/VLfallmeeting The materials of the meeting are available online in advance. You can get a link to the materials by sending an email to vapaaliikkuvuus […]
Dear member of Free Movement association and/or network! We are welcoming you to the annual spring meeting on Thursday 6th of May at 17.00-19.00 via Jitsi-meet. In the beginning we will have a short annual meeting of the association, following with network meeting. Link for joining both meetings is: https://meet.jit.si/VLspringmeeting2021 The materials of the association’s spring […]
We would like to thank you for supporting migrants in difficult situations and for your confidence in our work. The year 2019 ended with the Right to Remain demonstration in front of the Finnish Ministry of the Interior on December 10th. Around 250 asylum seekers and Free Movement Network actives from Tampere and Helsinki loudly […]
In this statement on the Corona crisis, Free Movement demands that the Finnish government safeguards the rights migrants in a vulnerable position during the epidemic. The crisis affects many groups of migrants in a specific way, such as asylum seekers detained at EU borders. We have been contacted by several concerned people, among others migrants […]
The Right to Remain demonstration on Tuesday 10.12. by the Ministry of the Interior in Helsinki demands that all asylum seekers who came to Finland before 2017 receive residence permits. As has been shown several times, the Finnish asylum system didn’t treat fairly those asylum seekers who came during the crisis of European border politics 2015 and 2016. Many have waited more than 4 years for a decision on their future or are forced to live as undocumented migrants. Legalisation through a special, temporary law should be introduced immediately. […]
