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Arbets- och näringsministeriets publikationer om integration, mottagning av flyktingar och invandring På sidan finns arbets- och näringsministeriets (ANM) publikationer som hänför sig till integration, arbetskraftsinvandring och mottagande av flyk...

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...

Literacy instruction for immigrants whose compulsory education has ended The instruction of literacy for adult immigrants is organised as part of adult basic education and carried out by liberal adult education. Studies that strengthen the immigra...

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.

Linguistic objectives The objective of integration training is for the student to achieve a basic language proficiency in Finnish or Swedish (proficiency level B1.1, section 26 of the Integration Act). A functional basic language proficiency means...

Identifying and preventing harmful practices Victims of human trafficking Human trafficking is a serious crime against an individual’s freedom that violates human dignity and integrity. The offender subjugates the victim in order to gain financial...

Basic information under the Integration Act The Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration sets the objective of providing immigrants with individual support for integration as soon as they arrive, at which point they have the greatest need for...

Content and scope of training The content and scope of the study path of an adult immigrant participating in integration training vary according to individual needs. The maximum extent of the programme is 80 credits. One credit corresponds to the ...

Information for those who work in customer service People working in customer service meet immigrants in person, online or by phone. The time they can spend with a customer is often short. They can use interpretation services, plain language and v...

The integration database is an open statistics database based on register that provides comprehensive information on the immigrant population in Finland. Statistics Finland is responsible for maintaining the database.

Education provides immigrants with linguistic skills and prerequisites for gaining employment Immigrants usually participate in the same early childhood education and care, education and training as the rest of the population. In addition to these...

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.

Both employees and employers benefit from a language-aware working environment Language awareness refers to the continuous consideration of different situations in the use of language, language features and texts. Language-aware thinking takes a r...

Both employees and employers benefit from a language-aware working environment The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, this website has not yet been updated to comply with the new integration Act (...

Supporting independent study with an unemployment benefit The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, this website has not yet been updated to comply with the new integration Act (681/2023). We apologi...

Multilingual materials support integration Multilingual materials related to Finnish society and government services support the integration of immigrants. You can use these materials in Customer Service and guidance. The InfoFinland.fi website ma...

Integration training Integration training is a key service that promotes the integration and employment of immigrants who have completed compulsory education and improves their social, cultural and everyday skills. Integration training also serves...

Immigrants may also start their studies on their own initiative The Act on the promotion of immigrant integration was amended on 1.1.2025. Unfortunately, this website has not yet been updated to comply with the new integration Act (681/2023). We a...

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.

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...