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Information for those you are researchers Researchers provide material to support decision-making and examine integration and the reception of refugees as a societal phenomenon. The databases, statistical reviews and publications of the Centre of ...

The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration publishes a comprehensive review of integration as part of the integration monitoring system for each government term, that is every four years.

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.

The conditions and practices for moving to Finland vary depending on whether a person moves to Finland from an EU country or outside the EU and whether they move here to study or short-term seasonal work, for example. This page includes examples of the most typical situations.

The Integration 2026 event focuses on the current themes in immigrant integration and refugee reception.

30.8.2024 | The Government’s action plan published in June includes 30 actions that support the employment of Ukrainians. Communication in Ukrainians’ native language is increased and their transition to municipalities is supported. The action plan is now also available in English for example EU-level comparison and other research.

17.9.2021 | All ministries will take the ‘@gov.fi’ suffix into use in the course of 2021. The email addresses of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment have changed to the format [email protected] on in September. The change also applies to the email addresses of the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration and the Integration partnership program.

1.9.2021 | The online service maintained by the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has been updated. The old kotouttaminen.fi website was disabled and the actual version of the kotoutuminen.fi website was released on Wednesday 1 September 2021. As a result, only kotoutuminen.fi website will be available to users.

8.6.2021 | The website maintained by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment’s Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration has undergone a redesign. At the same time, the Finnish name of the website has changed to kotoutuminen.fi. In connection with the redesign, the visual image of the centre of expertise was also revised. Kotoutuminen.fi is to be published as a beta version.

2.12.2021 | The Partnership platform is an interactive, digital and communal platform for operators, experts, stakeholders and networks involved in integration, immigration and reception of refugees. The platform will open as a beta version to users on Thursday 2 December 2021. Register for the platform and join the Partnership platform community!

The webinar brings together practical insights from integration projects and academic research, creating a space for discussion, learning, and collaboration.

Statistics, monitoring and publications support the development of immigration processes The Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration compiles statistics related to the promotion of integration, develops the monitoring of integration, immigrat...

Information for those who are a decision-maker or manager in a municipality or the government Municipal decision-makers and people working in the management of municipalities or the government issue decisions and solutions that may concern immigra...

Information for those who work with refugees The reasons behind becoming a refugee may be diverse, and people moving to a country as refugees may need different support depending on their situation. The person’s possible trauma and different level...

Other Finnish authorities include Kela, The Finnish Immigration Service, Police and many other authorities.

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

The ALPO register is a database in which customer visits to immigrant advisory services are entered on a centralised basis.

Policy brief articles by the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration Policy Brief is a series of articles by the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. It presents integration-related ...

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...

Integration 2026 is an event-based project focusing on integration themes. The project will organise a national Integration 2026 event between 28 and 29 October 2026, in Vantaa, Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport Congress Centre.