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True Finns party sparks immigration debate in Finland
Despite its tiny immigrant population, Finland is engaged in a fierce debate over its immigration policies – with some commentators drawing allegations of xenophobia.Finland has relatively few foreigners but that has not stopped a heated debate on immigration recently, rousing bloggers, the media and politicians amid rising support for the nationalistic True Finns party.
"Xenophobia has become organised in Finland," said Pasi Saukkonen, a senior researcher at the Foundation for Cultural Policy Research.
The immigration issue has for months topped the agenda in newspaper op-eds, blogs, special television debates and community websites.
Saukkonen said he had observed a change in attitudes, noting that the weakness of the far-right in Finland for a long time made the country "quite abnormal" compared with other European countries.
In recent years, however, there has been growing support for the Perussuomalaiset party, or True Finns.
Baiting remarks
The party kick-started the debate on immigration late last year when a number of its local election candidates made headlines for their controversial remarks.
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