In this post, researchers on migration in Finland argue that a ban on short-term visas will put Russian opposition activists at risk. In their expert view, banning tourist visas harms one of the main legal channels of escaping political persecution altogether.

Venäjän hyökkäyksen Ukrainaan aiheuttama shokki ja lamaannus vaihtui nopeasti avustustoiminnaksi. Meidän on tehtävä kaikkemme auttaaksemme sotien uhreja. Ukrainan pakolaisten auttaminen jatkuu, mutta samalla sodalla ja sen uhreilla on alettu tehdä politiikkaa. Nyt on korkea aika kyseenalaistaa Perussuomalaisten rasistinen viesti. Näin kirjoittaa Tuija Saresma.

The first year acting as editor of raster.fi has exceeded my expectations. In this post, which closes our 2021 publications, I retrospectively look at the experience to indicate ways in which the community of scholars engaged in anti-racism work can contribute to research-based information to public conversations in Finland. By Leonardo Custódio.

The “hybrid warfare” narrative to explain the situation at the border of Belarus and Poland makes yet another tragedy at the EU borders seem unprecedented and exceptional. However, Daria Krivonos argues, this is not new and, worse, legitimizes the suspension of international human rights norms as if to protect the EU from the ”threat” of migration and asylum seeking.

Woke on kovasti ihmisten huulilla. Mitä ilmiö oikeastaan sisältää ja miksi sitä vastustetaan? Tähän antaa vastauksen tuore Gaudeamus -kustantamon akateeminen kirja uudesta antirasismin teoriasta. Kirjoitaja: Sami Eerola.

In this post, RASTER.FI publishes the call to action ”Dismantling Antiblackness in Finnish Universities”. The document, written collectively by members of the Finnish academic community, describes the problematic persistance of Antiblackness in Finland’s university system, indicates anti-racist actions to improve students’ experience in university, and recommends textual and audiovisual resources for further reading and learning.

Students at Åbo Akademi University, in Turku, reflect about the aftermath of their initiative against what they perceived as racist requirements in admissions. They also invite students in other universities to take action. By Emilia Plichta, Jan Louie Uy, Niki Panera and Vera Lindén.