When I saw this story I laughed. I laughed because I couldn’t imagine the US deporting some Muslim immigrant back to Somalia who had been here for 15 years (since he was a child), heck we are bringing American terrorist body parts back for burial when they blow themselves up in Somalia. And, I laughed because this guy is now begging to stay in good old Finland where he has lived on welfare and stolen booty.
A repentant young man sits in Jokela Prison. Unrest in Somalia drove Said out of his country at the age of ten, but now, after spending 15 years in Finland, he faces deportation to Africa.
“I regret what I did. I would like to have another chance in Finland”, the 26-year-old man says in a prison interview with Helsingin Sanomat.
Officials feel that the interests of Finnish society override the personal interests of Said. Before Christmas, the Supreme Administrative Court kept in force a court ruling ordering his deportation and that of another Somali man.
Said has been convicted of a number of crimes of violence and theft. Some of the crimes have been serious. He has been given two prison sentences of over two years.
Said has not integrated into Finland. [Indeed!]
Read the rest of the story, it’s amusing.
Don’t you just love this line!
Officials feel that the interests of Finnish society override the personal interests of Said.