Migration, Megatrends and Media
Mohamed, Abdirahim Husu (2024)
2024
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The welfare state in Finland is weakening as a result of an ageing population and labour shortages in both the public and private sectors. Demographic projections suggest that our country will need up to 200 000 people of working age in the coming years to tackle the sustainability gap. At the same time, international migration is at an all-time high. The reasons for migration have been examined in the context of megatrends, as they motivate and justify the reasons why people are forced to leave their homes.
Finnish society faces competition because the same welfare challenges are also an international megatrend and other welfare societies are competing for the same talent. Therefore, Finland will have to face its own problems as a host society and address its shortcomings in order to ensure that labour immigration actually provides relief from this truly massive problem.
The political orientation is starting to be quite strong, but the measures should be swift and effective. At the societal level, there is a lively debate on the means and weaknesses have been identified at different levels.
In particular, I will focus on two megatrends whose adverse effects should be mitigated: the technological competition for digital power is accelerating and this is reflected in particular in the global erosion of democracy. Distorted communication and information mediation are shaping opinions in ways we may never have seen before. The impact of this phenomenon extends to all levels of society, underlining the responsibility of the media as purveyors of accurate information. Migrants and vulnerable people around the world are particularly vulnerable to disinformation and undue influence. I believe that Finnish society needs quality solutions to support migrants' access to information and facilitate their social networking. In this way, we can improve our society's receptiveness and retention capacity, which will also keep people from foreign backgrounds in this country.
Finnish society faces competition because the same welfare challenges are also an international megatrend and other welfare societies are competing for the same talent. Therefore, Finland will have to face its own problems as a host society and address its shortcomings in order to ensure that labour immigration actually provides relief from this truly massive problem.
The political orientation is starting to be quite strong, but the measures should be swift and effective. At the societal level, there is a lively debate on the means and weaknesses have been identified at different levels.
In particular, I will focus on two megatrends whose adverse effects should be mitigated: the technological competition for digital power is accelerating and this is reflected in particular in the global erosion of democracy. Distorted communication and information mediation are shaping opinions in ways we may never have seen before. The impact of this phenomenon extends to all levels of society, underlining the responsibility of the media as purveyors of accurate information. Migrants and vulnerable people around the world are particularly vulnerable to disinformation and undue influence. I believe that Finnish society needs quality solutions to support migrants' access to information and facilitate their social networking. In this way, we can improve our society's receptiveness and retention capacity, which will also keep people from foreign backgrounds in this country.