EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

Finland will implement European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum as of June 2026. This page contains information about the upcoming changes and links to key websites of public authorities with connections to the Pact.

Legislative amendments

In Finland, the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the legislative project aimed at implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum at national level. Once the proposed legislative amendments have been enacted, they will affect the work of the Finnish Immigration Service.

• EU migration and asylum system – Ministry of the Interior
• Legislative project for national implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum – Ministry of the Interior

The government proposal regarding the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was submitted to Parliament on 16 April 2026. Read more about the proposal:

• Government proposal (in Finnish and Swedish): Government proposal SM/2026/20 - Finnish Government
• Press release by the Ministry of the Interior: Government proposal implementing EU Pact on Migration and Asylum submitted to Parliament - Ministry of the Interior

Council of the European Union

The Council of the European Union adopted the EU's pact on migration and asylum in May 2024.

• EU migration and asylum policy – Consilium
• The Council adopts the EU's pact on migration and asylum – Consilium 

Subscribe to our newsletters

We publish newsletters aimed at our partners several times a year. We give information about the Pact especially in the Immigration guidance newsletter which is published four times a year. 

Subscribe to the immigration guidance newsletter

If you represent an unaccompanied minor or are interested in representation of unaccompanied minors, familiarise yourself with the Newsletter for representatives.  The newsletter contains current information concerning the field in which the Finnish Immigration Service and the reception centres work.

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