Finland has suspended its bilateral development cooperation with Somalia due to the latter’s insufficient progress in repatriating its citizens who do not hold Finnish residence permits. Minister Ville Tavio announced that new funding decisions will be paused until there are tangible advancements in this area. However, ongoing projects will continue, and humanitarian aid, support from NGOs, and private sector contributions will remain unaffected. Finland allocated between 8 to 9 million euros annually for this cooperation. Tavio expressed hope for improved relations to support repatriation efforts while emphasising the importance of managing returns safely.
blue__nick on
Every country should take this approach.
It should also be a condition on the “Everything but Arms” scheme.
> The EBA scheme removes tariffs and quotas for all imports of goods (except arms and ammunition), coming into the EU from least developed countries (LDCs).
wjooom on
European nations should stop pouring resources into places that do not want to do even the bare minimum of cooperation.
RespectedAuthority on
Blows my mind that there are countries that refuse to take back their own citizens.
Many MENA countries are like this. And honestly, we should refuse entry for citizens that come from countries that refuse to take their own citizens back.
Can you imagine Norway saying “Nah, he’s tour problem now” to Thailand wanting to expell a Norwegian citizen?
JJBoren on
Finally our government does something that makes sense.
satedrabbit on
Is there any international laws preventing the Finnish navy, from sailing to the gulf of Aden and releasing a couple of rowboats with repatriated Somalis near the coast?
Edit: It obviously would be, if they had a pending asylum case, but assuming their case has been completed and it’s been determined, that they are not at risk in Somalia.
Novel_Following255 on
Someone will have to explain to me why citizens of nations who refuse to cooperate in taking back their people are allowed to ever step foot in Europe.
The day they refuse to take even one single person back their people should be banned.
When they cooperate and take everyone back they can resume. Rinse repeat. And the foreign aid should be cut off permanently anyways. Why is the west funding the development of countries who show zero desire to “develop” with our values? We want stronger Islamic theocracies that practice FGM and the like?
Klessebesje on
This is the way.
hupaisasurku on
Somalia has bigger economic growth percent than Finland, so by Kokoomus standards, they are doing better than us anyway.
Character_Draft_gt on
Is just logical. It is funny that we are living in a time that something absolutely logical is a headline…
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Finland has suspended its bilateral development cooperation with Somalia due to the latter’s insufficient progress in repatriating its citizens who do not hold Finnish residence permits. Minister Ville Tavio announced that new funding decisions will be paused until there are tangible advancements in this area. However, ongoing projects will continue, and humanitarian aid, support from NGOs, and private sector contributions will remain unaffected. Finland allocated between 8 to 9 million euros annually for this cooperation. Tavio expressed hope for improved relations to support repatriation efforts while emphasising the importance of managing returns safely.
Every country should take this approach.
It should also be a condition on the “Everything but Arms” scheme.
> The EBA scheme removes tariffs and quotas for all imports of goods (except arms and ammunition), coming into the EU from least developed countries (LDCs).
European nations should stop pouring resources into places that do not want to do even the bare minimum of cooperation.
Blows my mind that there are countries that refuse to take back their own citizens.
Many MENA countries are like this. And honestly, we should refuse entry for citizens that come from countries that refuse to take their own citizens back.
Can you imagine Norway saying “Nah, he’s tour problem now” to Thailand wanting to expell a Norwegian citizen?
Finally our government does something that makes sense.
Is there any international laws preventing the Finnish navy, from sailing to the gulf of Aden and releasing a couple of rowboats with repatriated Somalis near the coast?
Edit: It obviously would be, if they had a pending asylum case, but assuming their case has been completed and it’s been determined, that they are not at risk in Somalia.
Someone will have to explain to me why citizens of nations who refuse to cooperate in taking back their people are allowed to ever step foot in Europe.
The day they refuse to take even one single person back their people should be banned.
When they cooperate and take everyone back they can resume. Rinse repeat. And the foreign aid should be cut off permanently anyways. Why is the west funding the development of countries who show zero desire to “develop” with our values? We want stronger Islamic theocracies that practice FGM and the like?
This is the way.
Somalia has bigger economic growth percent than Finland, so by Kokoomus standards, they are doing better than us anyway.
Is just logical. It is funny that we are living in a time that something absolutely logical is a headline…