Father called Erdogan a “thief”. Finland deports the family

The Turkish family will be expelled from Finland. According to the STT agency, she did not get asylum, and her father was accused in Turkey of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Turkish authorities charged the man and issued an order for his arrest after he commented on Facebook's economic report “Euronews” O Turkey And he called President Erdogan a “thief”.

The STT agency emphasized that in Finland Such comments are within the limits of freedom of expression, but in Turkey it is a crime for which he faces up to four years in prison.

The family has applied for asylum several times

The family came to Finland a few years ago and applied for asylum, but Finnish migration services issued refusal decisions several times. Officials decided that the threats she was to experience in Turkey after she went to faith with a Christian man was not properly proved. In addition – as emphasized – the “Christian faith itself does not put her followers in danger, despite the fact that the general conditions for religious freedom in Turkey are poor.”

The Turkish family – writes STT – was transported by the police this week from Pori on the west shore of Finland, where she lived, to the center for migrants in Helsinki, where she was waiting for a Friday flight to Turkey.

Finland migration policy

The Finnish migration policy has been tightened in the last two years. According to statistics, in 2024 nearly three thousand decisions were issued ordering foreigners to leave Finland due to, for example, the lack of right of residence. A similar number of decisions was issued in 2023.

Last year, almost two thousand foreigners were deported from the country in connection with their crimes in Finland. This is 60 percent more than in 2023.

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