Ålandic Democracy is a single issue anti-refugee party founded by Stephan Toivonen, who ironically for an Ålandic nativist lives in Portugal and has a Finnish surname.
Is against what he calls "refugees from high risk countries". After a unanimous decision in the Landdag Åland is set to receive 350 Syrians - a relatively high share in a 29,000 population. Toivonen describes this as "a sociological experiment".
Otherwise campaigning on national and gender equality + equal rights and treatment for all Ålanders, but restrictive border control at the ferries. Claims "love and work immigration is enough" to sustain the economy.
So a touch of Liberalism/equal rights agenda even in the anti-immigration party.
It seems ObS has launched a election commercial called "Restrictive refugee policy", so they are where you would expect them to be. Despite voting for receiving refugees in the Mariehamn City Council.
Which Toivonen of course ridicules them for.
Very impressive summary of the situation on Åland! Makes me feel rather ignorant, living 100 km or so from Mariehamn, and having no clue about their parties etc.
Ålandic Democracy does indeed sound rather liberal for an anti-immigration party, especially in the context of the currently rather restrictive immigration policy, even when it comes to people from the mainland! The difference compared to the other parties appears to be quite small.
