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The Finnish Immigration Service provides services related to residence in Finland and Finnish citizenship The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) is responsible for the granting of residence permits, residence rights and citizenships to people who...

In recent years, approximately 120 places have been allocated in Finland's refugee quota for persons in need of urgent resettlement, i.e. for emergencies. They are quota refugees whose need for resettlement has been classified as urgent by the UNHCR due to the need for protection or for health reasons.

Planning and developing the promotion of integration is part of municipal strategy.

About the integration.fi service The new version of the kotoutuminen.fi/integration.fi online service was deployed in September 2021. Service content The website’s address is integration.fi (kotoutuminen.fi in Finnish). The web editorial staff of ...

Questions and answers about the integration services reform project On this page, you will find frequently asked questions and answers about the integration services reform project. The questions are divided into topics: Reform of training that pr...

18.2.2025 | New guidelines on the representation of unaccompanied minors have been published at the kotoutuminen.fi website. The guidelines contain basic information on the duties of persons representing unaccompanied children during their reception and integration in Finland.

8.3.2024 | INSTRUCTION CARD How to recognise labour exploitation and human trafficking? Labour exploitation refers to, in its least serious form, violating the terms and conditions of em- ployment and, in its most serious form, misleading or threatening empl...

Multilingual and multichannel communications include many aspects that may not need to be taken into account when communicating in Finnish, Swedish and English. Simply publishing multilingual communication on a website or video (e.g. on YouTube) is not enough; providing multichannel communications is also important, because multilingual information must be promoted through several channels in order to reach its target audience.

Municipality plans and develops the promotion of integration in cooperation Municipalities have a general obligation to plan and develop the promotion of integration and good relations between population groups. If necessary, the municipality must...

Municipalities have a general obligation to plan, develop and monitor the promotion of integration. If necessary, the municipality must fulfil this obligation in cooperation with other operators

The authorities responsible for drawing up must provide the immigrant with information about the rights and obligations arising from the plan and the measures connected with it. The immigrant must adhere to their integration plan.

Good relations between population groups are based on positive attitudes, functioning interaction, a sense of security and participation in society. Good relations between population groups are part of a receptive society that promotes inclusiveness.

Other legislation relating to the promotion of integration The Administrative Procedure Act defines the principles of good administration The purpose of the Administrative Procedure Act is to implement and promote good governance and legal protect...

Integration programme – service package for the early stages of integration An integration programme is a service package for the early stages of integration organised by municipalities. The objective of the services included in an integration pro...

Distribution instructions for the statutory bodies Statutory bodies – the Finnish Immigration Service, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and Finnish missions abroad – can order the InfoFinland promotional card for distribution as a d...

An integration programme is a service package for the early stages of integration organised by municipalities. The objective of the services included in an integration programme is to promote the immigrant’s integration, employment or entrepreneurship, skills and working life competencies.

The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration (hereinafter, the Integration Act) aims to strengthen immigrants’ employment, capacity to work and language skills, and to increase their participation in society. Another objective of the Act is to promote equality, non-discrimination and positive interaction between different population groups.

Frequently asked questions and answers about the comprehensive reform of the Integration Act.

4.2.2026 | VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 STATSRÅDET PB 23, 00023 Statsrådet vn.fi/sv Tfn 0295 16001 1(10) Tietoa hyvinvointialueille ja kunnille niiden tehtävistä alaikäisenä ilman huoltajaa tulleiden lasten ja nuorten palvel...

2.6.2026 | Työllisyys-, kehittämis- ja hallintokeskus Kotoutumisen kielivalinta asiakastyössä 25.5.2026 Ohjelma Kotoutumisen kielivalinta asiakastyössä 25.5.2026 Kotoutumisen kielivalinta lainsäädännössä Ruotsiksi kotoutuvien osuus tilastoissa Kotoutumisen k...