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Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

The author claimed that Ukrainian children could still be bombed with Trump's blessing. He wondered what would have happened if Trump had demanded Putin stop the indiscriminate killing and torture of civilians, and referred to Trump ironically as a very stable genius. https://t.co/AxB32IRfHN #Ukraina #Trump #Sota #UA #RU #US (translated)

Jane Snaith emphasizes that there is a lack of comprehensive support for foster parents in Estonia, which is why the support system should be centralized within one organization that continuously supports families and alleviates their burden so that they can better support children with trauma. #kasuvanemad #peretugi #traumainfosüsteem (translated)

In Estonia, photos of pedophiles will be shown in the criminal records to simplify their identification and protect children, while the control of the system will become automatic and more frequent, but the registry will still remain closed to only authorized individuals. #karistusregister #lastekaitse #seksuaalkuriteod (translated)

Seida Sohrabi reported that her initiative to ban face coverings was passed by the Helsinki City Council. According to her, Helsinki will add a requirement for visibility and recognizability of faces in the guidelines for schools, daycare centers, and educational institutions. Sohrabi justified the visibility of faces with safety, identification, interaction, and the principles of a safe space. She also referred to the city’s commitment to supporting girls' equal learning and the goals of the city strategy to enhance the well-being of children and youth and the equal right to education for every child. (translated)

Leena Pihanurmi wrote that she had expected that the head of Veikkaus' gambling would be hired as an advisor to the National Coalition Party. She accused him of lying and also of addicting children, and she concluded her message by praising the Finns Party. https://t.co/OWD89TFOLb https://t.co/oVjnGjgr37 #politiikka #uhkapeli #Suomi (translated)

According to the author, today marks three years since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel and killed hundreds of civilians. He referred to the woman in the picture and her children. The author mentioned that he visited the kibbutz last January, which he claimed suffered the worst blow from the attack. https://t.co/GOzhiqoADU #IsraelinKriisi #Hamas #Siviiliuhrit #IL #PS (translated)

Anne Nevgi wrote that three years earlier she had followed news and social media for information about the attack on the music festival and people's homes. She mentioned seeing images of people celebrating amidst the dead and wounded and said she did not understand how the killing of women, children, babies, men, and the elderly could be celebrated. Nevgi wrote that she understood even less that messages hating Israel were coming from all over the world instead of compassion and condemnation of the attack. She remarked that the world had not changed in her opinion, but Israel remained. #Israel #musiikkijuhla #hyökkäys (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari claimed that the National Coalition Party was seeking to ban home schooling. She described the party ironically as the most leftist in Finland and said that the reasoning behind the ban would be the idea that a child could not learn to read, write, and think without nine years of exposure to propaganda and the state's assessment of the correctness of their thoughts. #sekoomus #koulutus #Suomi #politiikka (translated)

Leena Pihanurmi wrote that Save the Children had previously communicated that they were lobbying ruthlessly with people's money. She asked whether the organization had removed the publication because it was ashamed of using tax funds for lobbying. #lahjoita #lapsi #lobbauksenetu (translated)

Jari Sarasvuo asked whether the risk for young girls to become victims of child marriages, human trafficking, and violence was smaller before the current climate crisis. He wrote that he had been to developing countries twenty years ago and had participated in development work, but he said that his experiences did not correspond to such a notion. #ilmastokriisi #lapsiavioliitto #ihmiskauppa (translated)

Rami Kurimo described open drug dealing in Puhos. He wrote that families with children did not want to come to the restaurant and that drug dealing had brought violence and fights with it. Kurimo asked if the environment sounded safe and mentioned that he would leave for HS. https://t.co/ebedmTRAQW #huumeet #väkivalta #turvallisuus (translated)

The author stated that many investigative teachers were concerned about children in home schooling. He demanded an update to the legislation regarding home education, so that home schooling would be limited to exceptional cases, made subject to a permit, and its supervision would be strengthened. He emphasized that the best interest of the child is always the most important. https://t.co/bBa4GSEg10 #kotiopetus #lapsenetu #lainsäädäntö #FI (translated)

Israel in Finland wrote that the Hamas massacre began on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 6:29 AM. It mentioned that at the same time that morning, the Israeli flag was flown at half-mast at President Herzog's residence. Israel in Finland stated that it remembers the people murdered by Hamas terrorists, victims of sexual violence, hostages, and soldiers who fell defending Israel. It also mentioned remembering those who suffered physical or psychological injuries that day and who still bear them. #IsraelinSota #Hamas #Muistaminen (translated)

Rami Kurimo wrote that Faizullah Jaqubi had forced a 13-year-old into unprotected intercourse, after which the child became pregnant and had to undergo an abortion. According to Kurimo, the appellate court did not convict Jaqubi of rape, and the decision was contrary to the legal understanding of many Finns. He cited IL as a source. https://t.co/wroW3vUSAw #raiskaus #lapsi #oikeus (translated)

Maria Nordin wrote that, according to her, there were more extreme phenomena in Finland’s climate than in the stable climate of equatorial regions, regardless of climate change. She asked whether the logic of Plan would mean that there would be a greater risk of child marriages in Finland, and wondered if the phenomenon may not even be related to the climate. https://t.co/KRhCq52c0o #ilmasto #ilmastonmuutos #äyriilmiöt (translated)