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The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, not all content has yet been updated to comply with the new integration Act (681/2023). There may be shortcomings especially in the language versions. We apologise for the inconvenience. The updating of the website will be prioritised and the aim is to make the updates during January-February 2025. Information in accordance with the new integration Act can be found on the page kotoutuminen.fi/KOTO24.

Integration.fi 

The Integration.fi website is intended for anyone who, in the course of their work, is involved with immigrants or is engaged in immigrant integration and refugee reception.  The website is maintained by the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

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Current Issues

Study: Jobseekers with foreign names receive fewer employment opportunities
28.1.2025 | News item
Discrimination in recruitment based on ethnic background has decreased in Finland, but jobseekers with a foreign background still have to submit more applications in order to receive an invitation for a job interview than equally qualified applicants with a Finnish background. Potential workforce remains untapped due to ethnic prejudices.
Final examination of language proficiency begins – Finnish National Agency for Education is in charge of the system
23.1.2025 | News item
In accordance with the new Integration Act, final examination of language proficiency in Finnish or Swedish will be part of integration training courses beginning after 1 January 2025. The Finnish National Agency for Education will be responsible for the final examination system. The examination will be carried out by education providers.
Government integration Programme published
17.1.2025 | News item
The Government Integration Programme for 2024–2027 includes 32 measures based on the Government Programme. Integration policy is based on the learning of Finnish or Swedish, employment, familiarisation with Finnish society and compliance with its rules.
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Integration Partnership Programme

The Integration Partnership Programme of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment brings together those working in the field of integration and increases multisectoral cooperation. The aim is to make integration work more effective and to increase the receptiveness of society. 

”In the partnership programme, we build unconventional and multisectoral cooperation. We change the way we do integration work, in partnership. Come along!”

Varpu Taarna, Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

Get to know the Partnership Programme

Varpu Taarna

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The reform of Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration is proposed to be repealed by the new act. The new Act is intended to enter into force in 2025, simultaneously with the reform of TE services.
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Integration customer data system (ICDS) The Koto-digi project of the KEHA Centre develops national information system services for integration, which can be introduced in municipalities in the early 2025.
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Integration Partnership Programme. The aim of the partnership programme is to discover, identify and support cooperation opportunities that promote integration work.
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Integration Indicators database. The Integration Indicators database is used to monitor the state and development of integration in Finland.
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Integration database The Integration database is an open statistics database based on register that provides comprehensive information on the immigrant population in Finland.
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Partnership Platform The Partnership Platform is an interactive, digital and collaborative workspace for the operators, experts, stakeholders and networks working in the fields of immigrant integration, immigration and the reception of refugees.