Helsinki: Demo & action against deportation-business

In Helsinki, a demonstration and an occupation of Finnair office took place on the European day of Action, 2nd of April 2005.

Demonstration marched the streets in the center of Helsinki shouting slogans and holding speeches against the Finnish and European migration control, detention centers, deportations and the exploitation of precarized migrant workforce.

Finnish migration policy is even more selective and absurd than in most EU countries. While politicians and bureaucrats are talking about the need to make Finland more tempting for foreign workers, at the same time they are using more and more resources to deport loads of migrants who already have settled here.

The demonstration headed back to Kiasma, from where people headed to the office of Finnair airlines company, occupying it symbolically. Finnair is handling most of the deportation flights from Finland, and therefore is one of the very few instances, who benefit from the suffering of deported migrants. Demonstrators talked to the employees of the office and demanded Finnair to withdraw from deportation business immediately. Dozens of people stayed outside the office distributing leaflets about the action.

The Action Day was connected to the upcoming EuroMayDay mobilization, which will take place also in Helsinki.

Pictures: http://squat.net/valtaus/april2/

NoBorder Finland: http://fi.noborder.org