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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is responsible for the preparation of matters concerning the promotion of immigrant integration in Finland. Within the ministry, promoting integration is the responsibility of the Minister of Employment.

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 ...

The Development and Administrative Centre for the ELY Centres and TE Offices (KEHA Centre) organises and provides joint development and administrative services in cooperation with agencies, ministries and other parties in accordance with mutually agreed strategies and under the guidance of the ministries, in particular the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration has compiled information on the situation in Ukraine and those fleeing from Ukraine on this website. The materials have been produced by the Government and other authorities, and in part by municipalities and organisations.

Discretionary government grants are used to support organisations, competence centres and guidance and counselling services The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has allocated discretionary government grants to organisations, municipal c...

The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration (1386/2010, section 7) requires that immigrants be informed about Finnish society. Welcome to Finland is an information package referred to in this Act.

Some refugees need resettlement because they have left their region of residence or their home country for another country or region where they are unable to stay.

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration commissions and carries out studies and reports on migration, integration and the reception of refugees.

Contact information Kotoutuminen.fi online service is intended for persons who work on promoting integration and refugee reception and encounter immigrants in their work. The service is maintained by the KEHA Centre. The KEHA Centre supports perso...

Information for those who work as a teacher Teachers face immigrants of different ages in their work. In the role of a teacher, you can support the development of readiness and competence as well as provide material in the person’s native language...

InfoFinland supports multi-lingual communications and services InfoFinland is a multi-lingual website providing important information in one place for those planning to migrate to Finland or already living here. The website also serves the authori...

InfoFinland supports multi-lingual communications and services InfoFinland is a multi-lingual website providing important information in one place for those planning to migrate to Finland or already living here. The website also serves the authori...

The action plan for referral of refugees to municipalities and integration support drawn up by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment eases the process of assigning refugees to municipalities and supports the organisation of reception and early-stage integration services. The action plan promotes the inclusion of refugees and the receptiveness of society.

Partnership Platform Promoting immigrant integration and a receptive society requires the participation and work of everyone – communities, associations, the authorities, companies and municipalities. This work is effective when we perform it toge...

For media We are happy to help with questions concerning immigrant integration and the reception of refugees. The communications unit is responsible for the media communications (announcements) of integration. However, reporters can also contact t...

Finland supports the realisation of human rights by hosting refugees The purpose of a humanitarian immigration policy is to provide protection for those who have been forced to leave their country of origin as a result of persecution or violent co...

Welcome to the Integration Partnership Programme survey! This is the second time the Partnership programme on Immigrant Integration is carrying out this survey. The first survey was conducted in 2020. We hope that the survey will be shared widely ...

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has published an instruction card to help those involved in integration and others to recognise labour exploitation and human trafficking.

Current information on residence, temporary protection, work and services for people arriving in Finland from Ukraine This page contains information for those involved in integration regarding different grounds for residence permits for people arr...

Talent Boost is a cross-administrative programme in which the aim is to attract specialists, employees, students and researchers to Finland and to make our country more attractive to these groups and their families.