Brexit

Meinaan minakin kantaa korteni kekoon taman asian osalta. Se nimittain koskettaa meita. Mieheni on Britti. Molemmilla tytoilla on oikeus kansalaisuuteen isansa kautta mutta koska Suomi ja Iso-Britannia molemmat kuuluvat / kuuluivat EUhun emme koskaan nahneet tarpeelliseksi hankkia Iso-Britannian kansalaisuutta heille. Nyt asia mietityttaa. 

I'm going to also get into the subject of Brexit. The reason for this is as it's going to affect us. My husband is a Brit. Both of our girls have a right to UK citizenship through their father but we never considered necessary as both Finland and The United Kingdom are/were both part of EU. Now we've been wondering about it.

Vaikka miehenellani on kansalaisuus seka UK passi niin saiko han aanestaa kansanaanestyksessa? Ei saanut. Se kismittaa. Niin myos kaikkia niita Britteja, jotka asuvat ulkomailla ja joita asia myos taysin koskettaa. Syyna oli ettei kaikki saaneet aanestyslipukkeita. Kaikki eivat edes saaneet sahkopostia, jossa ulkomaiden osoite olisi vahvistettu.  TASSA linkki Independent lehden artikkeliin asiasta. Myos he, jotka ovat asuneet ulkomailla yli 15 vuotta blokattiin taysin aanestyksesta. Lue artikkeli TAALTA. 

Mieheni on asunut ulkomailla 14 vuotta. Han ei saanut minkaanlaista kommunikaatiota mitaan kautta aanestyksesta vaikka hanen osoitteensa on valion systeemissa useammassakin tahossa. Aanestamatta jai ja harmittaa. Eniten tyttojen puolesta. Sita mieheni sanoikin etta ei hanta muuten hetkauta mutta tyttojen takia ottaa paahan. 

Even though my husband is a citizen and has UK passport, did he get to vote in the referendum? No, he did not. It's really annoying. It's raising feelings amongst all those British people who live abroad and whom are also affected by this. The reason apparently was that not all expats got their vote slips in the mail. Not all got even the email where foreign address was confirmed.  HERE's a link to the Independent article about the issue.  Also those who had lived abroad over 15 years were completely blocked from the referendum. Read an article HERE.

My husband has been living abroad 14 years. He didn't get any kind of communications through any channels even though his address and email are in the state systems back in UK.  No vote for him and it bugs him. Especially for the girls. My husband said that he wouldn't mind so much but he would have wanted to vote for the girls sake. 

Haluamme molemmille tytoille tasavertaiset, monipuoliset mahdollisuudet tulevaisuutta varten. Vanhemmalla on vain Suomen kansalaisuus, nuoremmalla Suomen ja USAn. Olemme hankkimassa USAn kansalaisuuden kun se on meille mahdollista parin vuoden sisaan. Emme itseamme varten vaan tyttoja ja etenkin siksi etta vanhemmalla neidilla on samanmoiset mahdollisuudet kuin pikkusiskollaan, joka syntyi taalla ja sai kansalaisuuden sita kautta. Nyt olemme miettineet etta taidamme hakea molemmille myos Englannin kansalaisuuden. Silloin molemmilla tytoilla on mahdollisuus helposti valita missa maassa haluavat olla, opiskella, asua jne. tapahtui Brexitin kanssa mita tahansa. 

We would like both girls to have equal and wide ranging opportunities for their future. Older Miss has only Finnish citizenship where as the younger one both Finnish and American citizenship. We will be getting American citizenships when it's possible for us in few years. Not for ourselves but for the reason that Older Miss will have similar opportunities to her little sister who got her American citizenship as she was born here.  Now we've been thinking that we're probably going to get the girls also English citizenship and passports. This way both girls have possibilities to easily choose where they want to be, to study, to live etc.  no matter what happens with Brexit.

Olemme seuranneet kauhuissamme tapahtumia Englannissa. Media ja sosiaalinen media on ollut taynna kuvauksia tapauksista, joissa ulkomaalaisia on haukuttu, kayty kasiksi, kasketty haipymaan maasta vain koska he nayttavat erilaisilta. Miten ihmiset voivat kayttaytya tuolla tavalla? Ilmeisesti hyvin voivat. Tuntuu kuin kansanaanestyksen tulos olisi antanut luvan ihmisille olla rasisitisia. Ei ole hyvaksyttavaa ei! Ei millaan tasolla!

We've been following in dismay what's been going on in England. Media and social media is full of descriptions of people being called names, attacked and told not so nicely to get out of the country just because they look different. How can people behave like this? Apparently very well. It feels like the result of the referendum has given people a permission to be racists. It's not acceptable! Not on any level!