• Migration
• Duties »
• Legal immigration
• Combating illegal immigration
• Coordinating action to combat human trafficking
• International protection »
• Asylum policy
• Asylum procedure
• Asylum seekers
• Quota refugee policy »
• Selection process and reception procedures
• Voluntary repatriation of refugees
• Integration »
• Integration training
• Interpreting and translation services
• Information for immigrants
• Finnish citizenship
• Return migration and expatriate Finns
• Information about migration
• Organisation
• Main focuses of operation
• Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations ETNO »
• Functions
• Organization
• Terms and info

Migration

There are a great many reasons why people immigrate, for example employment, studies or forced human displacement. Finland will need immigrants in the future, and in fact, their number has been on the increase in recent years. The largest groups of foreign nationals in Finland are Russians, Estonians, Swedes and Somalis. 

The Ministry of the Interior develops legislation on migration and is responsible for the integration of immigrants. The Ministry also develops measures to prevent trafficking in human beings and to combat illegal immigration, and promotes good ethnic relations and ethnic equality.

The Ministry of the Interior guides the work of the Finnish Immigration Service and the immigration units of the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, which are responsible for immigration and integration matters at regional level.

The Finnish Border Guard and the Police also carry out duties related to immigration within the Ministry’s administrative sector.

Annual Report on Migration 2009 (PDF, 1,40Mt)