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Permit and Nationality Unit to be established on 1 March 2020 – aims to increase automation in the processing of applications
Press release 28.2.2020 9.14
Review of asylum decisions by the Finnish Immigration Service due to ECHR decision completed, results to be used to develop operations
Press release 19.2.2020 9.30
Migration Library to close permanently
Press release 7.2.2020 12.53
Highlighting the skills of asylum seekers and increasing activity at reception centres
Press release 5.2.2020 10.07
New videos give advice to residence permit clients
Press release 3.2.2020 11.07
New videos describe asylum process to asylum seekers
Press release 22.1.2020 12.13
Immigration statistics 2019: A record-high number of employees applied for a residence permit
Press release 20.1.2020 8.10
A record-high number of victims of human trafficking in Finland entered in the assistance system for victims of human trafficking
Press release 15.1.2020 9.00
Survey: Asylum seekers are more satisfied with reception centres than a year ago
Press release 14.1.2020 14.22
Reports on the situation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen published
Press release 20.12.2019 11.57
Backlog of applications for residence permits by specialists cleared
Press release 12.12.2019 13.21
Reception centre operations in Rauma to end
Press release 2.12.2019 13.31
Reception centre operations in Paihola to end
Press release 26.11.2019 9.40
Finnish Immigration Service to review approximately 500 asylum decisions
Press release 22.11.2019 11.00
Reintegration of voluntary returnees to Iraq from Finland has succeeded to a fair extent
Press release 12.11.2019 12.00
Finnish Immigration Service to pursue a considerable reduction of processing times
Press release 29.10.2019 13.23
Finnish Immigration Service to begin cooperation negotiations with staff about temporary lay-offs
Press release 24.10.2019 14.03
First report published from fact-finding mission to Afghanistan: focus on overall situation in Kabul
Press release 18.10.2019 9.58
Open lecture series on return migration and mobility – Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq
Press release 16.10.2019 10.02
The programme for monitoring the reception system has been updated
Press release 2.10.2019 12.40
Finnish Immigration Service is developing its country information reports – reports on Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan will no longer be published in every six months
Press release 17.9.2019 12.51
More support for asylum-seeker families and children in reception centres
Press release 2.9.2019 9.14
Forced begging and forced marriages also uncovered in Finland
Press release 5.8.2019 8.27
Artificial intelligence enters the workplace – how will the rules of work change? Finnish Immigration Service at SuomiAreena on 19 July
Press release 17.7.2019 11.49
Reports on the fact-finding mission to Iraq published
Press release 28.6.2019 9.30
Reductions in accommodation capacity at reception centres
Press release 26.6.2019 13.26
Report on the situation in Syria published
Press release 17.6.2019 13.56
Reports on the fact-finding mission to Russia published: focus on the North Caucasus and the criminal procedure in Russia
Press release 13.6.2019 13.18
Asylum seekers will soon receive information about the asylum processes also on video
Press release 7.6.2019 12.27
Summer season in the strawberry fields is near – seasonal workers will soon start their work
Press release 24.5.2019 10.14
Antti Lehtinen appointed as Director of Asylum Unit
Press release 20.5.2019 13.44
The fact-finding mission to Afghanistan focused on gathering information from Kabul
Press release 9.5.2019 12.15
Monitoring report: The operation of reception centres is usually appropriate, though deficiencies were also found
Press release 6.5.2019 10.45
Fact-finding mission: Measures by authorities directed at Jehovah’s Witnesses continue in Russia
Press release 23.4.2019 11.53
First fact-finding mission by Finnish Immigration Service researchers goes to Iraq
Press release 5.4.2019 8.50
The new Finnish Startup Permit attracted interest particularly from technology professionals during its first year
Press release 3.4.2019 10.04
Eight applicants for the post of Director of the Asylum Unit of the Finnish Immigration Service
Press release 25.3.2019 13.07
Finnish Immigration Service in 2018: Decrease in reception costs
Press release 25.3.2019 11.29
REPORT: There are numerous children and young persons in Finland who are victims of human trafficking – yet many more cases remain undetected
Press release 21.3.2019 9.02
The newsroom of the Finnish Immigration Service is now open: more information available about immigration and news about the work of the Finnish Immigration Service
Press release 12.3.2019 13.50
The Finnish Immigration Service now has a new visual appearance – ”We are no longer the same agency we were ten or five years ago”
Press release 25.2.2019 8.29
The assessment of internal flight in asylum decisions is being developed with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Press release 11.2.2019 13.10
Finnish Immigration Service meets voluntary returnees in Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan
Press release 1.2.2019 10.33
Work and study activities at reception centres will be renewed - the aim is to support the activeness of asylum seekers
Press release 28.1.2019 13.06
The National Assistance System for Victims of Human Trafficking trained approximately 750 current and future police officers and border guards in human trafficking issues – the number of clients of the assistance system have increased again
Press release 18.1.2019 10.13
Record number of victims of human trafficking have been referred to Assistance – several sex trafficking victims in Finland
Press release 17.1.2019 9.51
Immigration statistics 2018: Last year, more and more people applied for a residence permit based on work
Press release 16.1.2019 9.34
Reception centre operations to end at five centres
Press release 3.1.2019 13.05
Finnish Immigration Service conducted a successful fact-finding mission to Russia
Press release 21.12.2018 13.24
Updated situation reports for Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia
Press release 20.12.2018 11.22