The Finnish Immigration Service is charting out suitable rental facilities for accommodating asylum seekers.
The number of asylum seekers varies based on international conflict and crisis situations, so it is not possible to predict the number of people who will apply for asylum each year. It is possible for the number of applicants to be bigger than expected.
The Finnish Immigration Service is looking for facilities suitable for accommodation that can be used on short notice, if necessary. The service has created an electronic form on its website that lessors can use to indicate their interest in renting out vacant spaces to accommodate asylum seekers.
The Finnish Immigration Service is primarily seeking ordinary rental apartments that are close to the existing reception centers. If the number of asylum seekers increases significantly, we will also accept vacant institutional facilities, hotels, motels, camping centers and other such facilities, provided that they can accommodate at least 50–200 persons.
Form and further information online
The form for lessors as well as more detailed information about the residences to be rented out can be found on the Finnish Immigration Service’s website at www.migri.fi/offer_spaces_for_rent.
More information for the media:
Senior Inspector Veikko Pyykkönen, reception unit, tel. +358 71 873 0431, e-mail: firstname.lastname@migri.fi
