Racism and xenophobia have become a growing problem in Icelandic society. The lid has fallen off the wormhole and some political parties have dropped their masks.
The animosity is focused mainly on refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers after the main ruling party, the Independence Party, spoke out reference with restrictions on arrivals and deportation camps for foreigners.
The Central Party and the People's Party (extreme parties) have long shown their hostility towards foreigners, but now that the Independence Party has adopted this policy, racism has increased, as can be seen in the comment columns of the mainstream media as well as social media.
Recently, Samfylking (the largest opposition party) also started to speak against foreigners, a party that until now has followed the European Union on issues and attitudes that appear there.
The other government parties are the Left Greens, with roots in the communist party, but they show a neutral policy, except perhaps especially in animal protection and environmental issues. The progressive party, which is a popular realist party with roots in agriculture, is not particularly expressive.
The Independence Party has its roots in the business and financial sectors and has followed a right-wing policy as it happens every time in the neighboring countries, especially the United Kingdom and the United States.
In the opposition, the Pirates are the second most powerful party despite their young age. They are primarily a humanitarian party that also fights against corruption that has long occurred in Icelandic society, such as that which led to the economic and banking collapse of 2008.
It is clear that the rights of foreigners will be narrowed in the coming years with changes in laws and regulations that limit presence and residence and employment opportunities in the country.
A new president will be elected this summer. The president is an apolitically elected and largely unproblematic office, but it is somewhat personal and open to what extent a president chooses to use influence and authority or issues.
The outgoing president chose ineffectiveness and apathy in his office, which allows the ruling parties to adjust their sails according to the wind.
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