Moving to Finland

POPULATION

Coronavirus reduced migration to and from Finland

Foreigner.fi 10/23/20

The number of births was 5,579 lower than that of deaths in January-September.

MIGRATION

EU agency reports 31% fall in asylum applications in 2020

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/15/20

Syrian, Afghans, Venezuelans and Colombians continue to lodge the most applications.

FASTER DEPORTATIONS

Ohisalo to discuss migration and asylum reform with EU ministers

Foreigner.fi 10/7/20

The Commission is pushing with these proposals for more and faster deportations of asylum seekers, as well as a significant step up in cooperation between EU countries.

LACK OF APPOINTMENTS

Migri extends deadline for identification due to coronavirus

Foreigner.fi 10/2/20

Identification at a Finnish mission abroad or at one of Migri's service points in Finland is mandatory before applications can be processed.

Migri will charge € 48 to UK citizens for the right of residence

Foreigner.fi 9/29/20

According to the withdrawal agreement, a residence permit card must be issued to a UK citizen either free of charge or for a charge not exceeding that imposed on Finnish citizens for the issuing of…

MIGRATION & ASYLUM PLAN

EU: "If you don't have the right to stay, you will be returned"

Foreigner.fi 9/24/20

The European Union (EU) puts more and faster deportations at the center of its new migration and asylum plan.

NEW DESIGN

Migri launches new residence permit cards harder to forge

Foreigner.fi 9/23/20

The immigration agency will start issuing the new cards by the end of September 2020.

JANUARY-AUGUST

Immigrants keep Finland gaining population

Foreigner.fi 9/22/20

The number of births was 5,077 lower than that of deaths so far this year.

BREXIT

UK citizens in Finland must apply for a new right of residence

Foreigner.fi 9/17/20

The application period begins on 1 October, the Ministry of the Interior says. The right of residence under the withdrawal agreement will be granted for life .

FINLAND

Draft budget 2021: more refugees, fight against human trafficking

Foreigner.fi 9/16/20

The number of quota refugees to be received by Finland will be raised by 200 to 1,050 .

IMMIGRATION

Finland updates action plan to prevent illegal entry and residence

Foreigner.fi 9/11/20

Concrete measures will be promoted to prevent people from staying in the country without a legal right of residence. The project will support the objective that immigration should be well managed…

MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY

True Finns fuel immigrant rejection with false subsidy figures

Foreigner.fi 9/3/20

The far-right party says that in the Helsinki region, more than 50% of welfare recipients are foreigners, but the Social Security (Kela) greatly cuts that percentage.

IMMIGRATION

Migri won't accept applications by post or email from 1 September

Foreigner.fi 8/28/20

In urgent matters, customers can visit service points and queue using the waiting numbers.

POPULATION FIGURES

5,000 more deaths than births in Finland from January to July

Foreigner.fi 8/25/20

16,165 people immigrated to Finland from abroad and 5,685 people emigrated during this period.

IMMIGRATION

Head of Joutseno reception center appointed new director of Migri

Foreigner.fi 8/21/20

His appointment has been criticized by the press, where it has been said that there were other two more suitable candidates.

Minna Hulkkonen, new director general of the Migration Department

Foreigner.fi 8/13/20

She has worked as senior specialist at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at the Embassy in Moscow since 2019.

Migri extends deadline for identification until 31 December 2020

Foreigner.fi 8/12/20

The aim is to make it easier for residence permit applicants whose identification visit is delayed due to the pandemic.

Migri: Security situation in Somalia "unstable and unpredictable"

Foreigner.fi 8/7/20

The humanitarian conditions in the capital are also "difficult" due to urban poverty and health problems caused by chronic cholera, diarrhoea and malnutrition.

AMENDMENT TO ALIENS ACT

Removing barriers to family reunification

Foreigner.fi 7/15/20

Parliament requires that the Government prepare legislative amendments to ensure that the requirement for sufficient financial resources is not applied in the processing of family reunification…

EU to enhance cooperation to combat migrant smuggling

Foreigner.fi 7/13/20

Amnesty International warned that the EU's migration policy did not protect those in need, and instead merely aimed at preventing refugees from arriving at the EU borders.

Coronavirus reduced migration to and from Finland

EU agency reports 31% fall in asylum applications in 2020

Ohisalo to discuss migration and asylum reform with EU ministers

Migri extends deadline for identification due to coronavirus

Migri will charge € 48 to UK citizens for the right of residence

EU: "If you don't have the right to stay, you will be returned"

Migri launches new residence permit cards harder to forge

Immigrants keep Finland gaining population

UK citizens in Finland must apply for a new right of residence

Draft budget 2021: more refugees, fight against human trafficking

Finland updates action plan to prevent illegal entry and residence

True Finns fuel immigrant rejection with false subsidy figures

Migri won't accept applications by post or email from 1 September

5,000 more deaths than births in Finland from January to July

Head of Joutseno reception center appointed new director of Migri

Minna Hulkkonen, new director general of the Migration Department

Migri extends deadline for identification until 31 December 2020

Migri: Security situation in Somalia "unstable and unpredictable"

Removing barriers to family reunification

EU to enhance cooperation to combat migrant smuggling

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