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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Researcher seeks to improve immigrant employment in Northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 12:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 15:48
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Nafisa Yeasmin, a Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, was named Academic of the Year 2019 by

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Finland Politics (Finland) 

Arctic Finland faces shortage of temporary berry pickers as Thailand holds back on visas

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 13:59
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Authorities in Thailand have limited the number of Thai citizens who can apply for visas to work as berry pickers

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Recruiter in Finland accused of discriminating against Russian-Finnish dual citizen freed by court

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2019 at 13:35
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The Helsinki District Court has dismissed a case against a man suspected of discriminating against a Finnish-Russian job applicant applying

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska’s senator Murkowski ‘not inclined’ to back Trump on Mexico tariff

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:20
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she and most of her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Russia intercepted over 1,000 people trying to cross Finnish border in 2018: paper

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:11
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Russian officials reportedly stopped more than 1,000 people from illegally crossing the border into Finland last year, according to the

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to grant refugee status to Chinese Uighurs

Dave Russell and Daniel Velasco, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 15:06
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Uighurs and other Muslims and Turkic minorities from China’s Xinjiang province who seek a safe haven in Sweden will now

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 11:13
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Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:06
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According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Muslim community in northwestern Canada grows into its new mosque

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 14:22
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Nearly 20 men pray together in the dying sunlight on a Friday afternoon in late December. They kneel and rise

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Uighurs in Sweden say they face surveillance, threats from China

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 9, 2018 at 15:24
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People from the minority group say they have been pressed to gather information about other Uighurs living in Sweden and

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

First mosque opens in Canada’s Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 15:19
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Yukon’s first mosque opened Friday, and leaders say it marks an important milestone for Canada. Muhammad Javed, president of the

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish PM concerned by far-right party’s results in Swedish elections

Yle News
Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:55
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Finnish Prime Minister and Centre Party chair Juha Sipilä said he was surprised the issue of migration overshadowed foreign and

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Recruiter in Finland charged with discrimination against Finnish-Russian dual citizen

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 31, 2018 at 16:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 14:43
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An employee at a recruiting company has been charged with discrimination after turning down a job applicant because of her

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 13:49 — Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 14:07
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Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Russia 

Russian border guards detain more migrants seeking Arctic route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:25 — Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2018 at 11:04
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Pressure on the northern Schengen-border intensifies as several groups of migrants are detained in Russian Arctic borderlands. Two citizens of

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