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Red Cross Campaign Encourages People To “Be Nice” To Immigrants
The Red Cross in Iceland has started a campaign called “Vertu Næs” (“Be Nice”), which encourages Icelanders to “respect people in the country irrespective of origin”. “There are about 320,000 inhabitants in Iceland and 10% of them, around 30,000 individuals, are of…
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Searching For The Hidden People In Society
In the old folk stories, the Huldufólk were a race of “hidden people” who lived alongside Icelanders, yet remained outside their field of vision. These magical folk were generally portrayed as either kind or cruel, and only visible under special circumstances, such…
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WHOEVER KEEPS TREATING IMMIGRANTS LIKE SHIT, YOU NEED TO STOP THAT
Every now and again, we’ll get letters from immigrants to Iceland. A lot of the time, those letters will relay stories of horrible treatment those immigrants have received at the hand of unscrupulous locals. After years of receiving such missives, it has…
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Which Is Why We Talk About The Weather
Yet another Monday. Feel free to read the following at work. That goes for police staff as well. If you are self-employed, unemployed, a student, in hospital, an irregular migrant or currently on strike, I don’t have to tell you. Your teeth…
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Police Officer Wants Limits On Immigrants’ Right To Privacy
Police officer Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, colloquially known as Biggi the cop, wrote an article, published in Fréttablaðið/Vísir on Thursday, under a title which may be loosely translated as “The Forbidden Article”. Birgir shares an anecdote about a man “of foreign origin” who,…
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Faster Processing For Foreign Specialists
Members of Alþingi on behalf of the Best Party offspring, Bright Future, have proposed a resolution, that would oblige the Minister of Industry and Commerce to propose changes to legislation that would attract “foreign specialists” to the country, and expedite their applications…
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About 13% Of Westfjords Residents Are Immigrants
The percentage of residents of foreign origin in the Westfjords is nearly double the national average, although most immigrants live in the capital area. Westfjords news source Bæjarins Bestu reports that, according to figures from Statistics Iceland, there were 27,447 registered immigrants…
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Workers Unite!
Earlier this month, a news story broke in the Icelandic media that a young Icelandic woman working at Lebowski Bar was fired after she asked to be paid minimum wage—effectively a pay rise over what she was getting. The story sparked shock…
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MP Proposes “Immigrants’ Ombudsman”
An MP says immigrants are “helpless against our system”, and believes they need an ombudsman. Elín Hirst, an MP for the Independence Party, posted an update on her Facebook regarding a missing immigrant who was newly found. The immigrant in question has…
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71% Of Immigrants Experience Prejudice, Study Shows
A new study conducted by the Multicultural and Information Centre Iceland shows that 71% of immigrants in Iceland have experienced discrimination from Icelanders. The report, “Origin and multiple discrimination”, focuses on numerous aspects of daily life for immigrants in Iceland. Amongst them…
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PISA Results For Icelandic Schools Raise Questions
The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test from Icelandic schools should not be oversimplified, an education official cautions. The results demonstrate widely varying results in Iceland’s primary schools. While Borgarskóli came out on top, Vísir reports, about half…
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Progressive Mayoral Candidate Allegedly “Tricked” Immigrants
The Progressive Party’s candidate for mayor may have kept her opinions of a mosque in Iceland to herself when she met with some of Iceland’s immigrant population, while allegedly plying them for votes. Kvennablaðið reports, in an article entitled “Were The Progressives…