*\*if you think I got anything factually incorrect please correct me :)*
So the PS party made significant electoral gains, presumably based on their tough-on-immigration stance. And speaking as an outsider, it seems like most of the focus is on African/Arab immigrants. But aren’t they only like [1-2% of the population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Finland#Origin_and_persons_with_a_foreign_background)? And even in Helsinki they are only around 5% according to your [statistics agency](https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rv.px/table/tableViewLayout1/).
Maybe I’m biased because I live in Canada which is very diverse, but it’s still surprising that such a small group is causing so much controversy. With your neighbors Sweden and Denmark it’s more understandable because they have a lot more African/Arab immigrants.
I don’t mean this a rhetorical question, but this small group genuinely so disruptive that they warrant this level of attention?
by AI_CODE_MONKEY
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Scare tactics work in politics.
Because those groups are over represented in the crime stats: [https://www.stat.fi/til/rpk/2018/13/rpk_2018_13_2019-05-16_tie_001_en.html](https://www.stat.fi/til/rpk/2018/13/rpk_2018_13_2019-05-16_tie_001_en.html)
For example, Iraqis are 10x more likely to be involved in a sex offence than Finns. A very small population can therefore have an large effect on an area.
They tend to not integrate and not work so their upkeep comes from the tax payers. Compare that to Asian immigrants who make efforts to learn the language and they usually start businesses and work hard to be a part of Finnish society. There’s a big difference. I’m just stating facts here. Someone quick come call me a racist. A ban would be refreshing also.
Because all immigrants are not equal nor the same, not individuals nor groups.
East-Adians are often work and knowledge oriented and strive to get along and thus enrich themselves and their community and cause little conflict.
Arabs are generally entitled and demanding, and thus enrich themselves but not others. Not even all Mena-people are the same, since you will often see kurds with some business going on.
Africans are… something else. As a Canadian you will mostly see successful and educated people from Africa, that have immograted legally. In Finland you see a strange mix of real refugees, “refugees”, former traffic victims, boytoys and students. We do not filter only in the smart individuals, and most of those here illegally are indeed not bright people at all. Many that have wits display some kind of annoying entitlement, and some are too witless to display even that.
European immigrants can be useless (professional beggars) or culturally closer to is than many actual Finns (say an Estonian IT professional that moves to Helsinki).