{"id":7087,"date":"2025-03-01T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=7087"},"modified":"2026-09-17T21:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T21:09:18","slug":"the-park-that-was-sold-to-a-richer-country","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/?portfolio_item=the-park-that-was-sold-to-a-richer-country","title":{"rendered":"The corruption at the migration agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-bae321ca4eb983b8b341579053ee638b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.293px, 1.018rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.771), 25px);\">Available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safarkhan.com\/artists\/198-malin-juntikka\/works\/\">Safarkhan Art Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-redigerbar-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-redigerbar-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-redigerbar-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-redigerbar-2000x1387.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The corruption at the migration agency. 2025. Charcoal and oil on canvas. 70x100cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A critique of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The corruption at the migration agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There once was a building in a big city where migrants go. From early morning until late evening, the halls of the building were filled with nervous people who hoped to leave the building with positive news as soon as possible. In a queue system, people first raced to the seats and then to the counters. Counter number one was the most frequently visited. It was the counter for visa applications. Suddenly, the queue system was interrupted by corruption. Privileged people paid to jump the queue ahead of unprivileged people. Some people have a more laid-back experience at the migration agency than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio1-2000x1429.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio2-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio2-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-websiteportfolio2-2000x1429.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available through Safarkhan Art Gallery A critique of The corruption at the migration agency There once was a building in a big city where migrants go. From early morning until late evening, the halls of the building were filled with nervous people who hoped to leave the building with positive news as soon as possible. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/?portfolio_item=the-park-that-was-sold-to-a-richer-country\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The corruption at the migration agency&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6990,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_wpzb_portfolio_video_type":"","_wpzb_portfolio_video_id":0,"_wpzb_portfolio_video_url":"","footnotes":""},"portfolio":[33],"class_list":["post-7087","portfolio_item","type-portfolio_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-33"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-300x208.jpg",300,208,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled.jpg",768,533,false],"large":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-1024x710.jpg",950,659,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-1536x1065.jpg",1536,1065,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-2048x1420.jpg",2048,1420,true],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-2000x1387.jpg",2000,1387,true],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-950x320.jpg",950,320,true],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-1900x640.jpg",1900,640,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-1200x800.jpg",1200,800,true],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-600x416.jpg",600,416,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-1200x832.jpg",1200,832,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-600x900.jpg",600,900,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-1200x1775.jpg",1200,1775,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korruptionen-pa-migrationsverket-1-scaled-800x800.jpg",800,800,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7577,"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7087\/revisions\/7577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malinjuntikka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio&post=7087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}