Finland’s Refugees of the Year 2019 are Rand Mohamad Deeb and Nourdeen Toure
The Finnish Refugee Council has appointed Rand Mohamad Deeb, a graduating high school senior from Lahti, as Refugee Woman of the Year and Nourdeen Toure, a professional boxer from Helsinki, as Refugee Man of the Year.
UNHCR Recommendations to Finland
UNHCR provides its comments on how to strengthen refugee protection in Finland, Europe and globally.
Observations from UNHCR on the proposed amendments to the Finnish Aliens Act
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the proposed amendments of the Finnish Aliens Act concerning subsequent applications, the right to work, seizure of travel documents, and applications for family reunification. The observations are...
Refugee athletes shine at world championships in Finland
Competing against high-level athletes, refugee athletes step up to the challenge.
Finland’s Refugees of the Year are Sirwa Farik and Ahmad Hosseini
The Finnish Refugee Council has selected Sirwa Farik, a project officer and a resident of Vantaa, as the Refugee Woman of the Year and Ahmad Hosseini, a practical nursing student living in Kaarina, as the Refugee Man of the Year.
Finnish ‘grandmother’ helps troubled toddler find peace
Azaldeen and his young daughter are starting over on a small island in south-west Finland, after family tragedy forced them to flee Baghdad.
Observations from UNHCR on Finnish law proposal on promotion of integration
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Finnish government’s law proposal to amend the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration. UNHCR wishes to welcome Finland’s approach to integration as a two-way process and Finland’s holistic...
Finnish Refugee Man and Woman of the Year
The Finnish Refugee Council has nominated Bahar Mozaffari from Espoo the Refugee Woman of the Year, and Oulu-based Ramin Akhi the Refugee Man of the Year. The nominations were announced today at the Women of the World Festival held in Tampere.
Observations from UNHCR on Finnish law proposal on alternatives to detention of asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the proposed amendments of the Finnish Aliens Act. The proposal has a number of objectives. Firstly, it seeks to improve the efficiency of the asylum procedure and ensure that rejected asylum-seekers...







