Press releases
Return of funds from asylum seekers’ prepaid cards has not been resolved, search for solution continues
17.1.2022 13.05
Progress in the preparation of fast track service – specialists’ and start-up entrepreneurs’ move to Finland to become quicker
16.12.2021 10.53
New country guidelines for Afghanistan – extensive assessment of the security situation to continue
11.11.2021 15.57
The number of asylum seekers remained low
8.11.2021 8.40
Residence permit on the basis of employment is now granted much faster than last year
15.10.2021 9.10
Report: Human trafficking victims have a long road from exploitation to a fair working life
12.10.2021 10.59
British citizens resident in Finland must apply for right of residence by 30 September
21.9.2021 12.30
Upturn in the number of international students
17.9.2021 10.32
Assistance System for Victims of Human Trafficking offers working life training to victims
16.9.2021 10.02
Elina Immonen to take up post as new Deputy Director-General of Finnish Immigration Service
10.9.2021 9.43
Finnish Immigration Service prepared to receive additional evacuees from Afghanistan in accordance with Government decision
25.8.2021 18.16
Finnish Immigration Service to reduce reception centre capacity as number of new asylum seekers remains low
12.8.2021 9.50
More transparent mental health work and better mental health expertise at reception centres
26.7.2021 9.21
Nearly a thousand are receiving help from the assistance system for victims of human trafficking
21.7.2021 9.01
The summer season on strawberry farms is approaching – over 10,000 decisions for seasonal workers processed
24.5.2021 9.11
The standard of decisions on asylum applications has improved
11.5.2021 11.42
Work-based first residence permits are approved faster than before – development work continues
10.5.2021 10.58
Finnish Immigration Service to reduce reception centre capacity
30.3.2021 13.00
Renewed Finnish society course for asylum seekers
15.3.2021 11.06
Quota refugee statistics for2020 published – the coronavirus pandemic affected the selection process
5.3.2021 9.12
Finnish Immigration Service launches a project to streamline the processing of work permits and permits for students
1.2.2021 10.43
Statistics on immigration 2020: Most immigrants come to Finland to work, the coronavirus affected the number of applications
20.1.2021 10.01
A reception centre in Espoo to be closed down, the capacity of a reception centre in Vantaa to be reduced
5.1.2021 14.03
The Finnish Immigration Service works to improve the quality of interpretation in asylum interviews
19.11.2020 10.39
Iraqi citizens lead statistics on citizenship applications
16.11.2020 10.53
Coronavirus has a major impact on immigration of students
16.10.2020 10.27
The new report studies the authorities’ duty of clarification and information gathering in immigration matters
21.8.2020 15.03
An increasing number of people who have become victims in Finland are seeking admittance into the Assistance system
15.7.2020 9.00
Finland received the first relocated minors from the Mediterranean region on Wednesday afternoon
8.7.2020 18.33
Capacity reduced at reception centres – Finnish Immigration Service to end contracts with seven centres
24.6.2020 13.00
First asylum seekers from the Mediterranean to be relocated to Finland in July
Press release
22.6.2020 13.42
Good progress has been made in processing the seasonal work applications
Press release
18.6.2020 13.49
Unique project improves the working life skills of victims of human trafficking
Press release
11.6.2020 9.52
The Finnish Immigration Service to shut down the Pudasjärvi Reception Centre
Press release
5.6.2020 14.13
Reception System Monitoring Report 2019: Reception centre operation largely successful
Press release
29.5.2020 11.30
Only a few asylum applications have been submitted during the coronavirus pandemic
Press release
15.5.2020 11.58