When I moved to Finland, it felt like there was a match
I met Gulja in person exactly once. During a hot summer day in June 2021, when we agreed to meet to record the interview for this article. Before that, we had m...
Tag: immigration
How I finally become employed again…
I was career orientated back in Slovakia. Always having 2 jobs, continuously studying and having clear aims how my work-related future would look like. But then...
Downpart of living abroad no one will tell you about
Moving abroad is a very special thing to do. Especially if one is doing that for someone we are in love with. Unfortunately we are not always thinking through, ...
It may be strange, but in my head, I reduced people to muscles…
Vendula Fischerova has had two professions. The first one was psychology and the other one is being a masseur. She moved to Finland from The Czech Republic a li...
When you are not part of the majority, you kind of feel the need to do something about representation
I met Yesmith almost a year ago at a panel discussion organized by Helsingin työväenopisto and Miitti on the topic of employment of immigrants with higher educa...
Sparrows without nest
The Polish embassy in Beijing was under threat of a mob attack because the ambassador did not allow the mob to enter the embassy and kill the sparrows who took ...