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.
Young man from Mosul focuses lens on new life in Finland
Within months of escaping, Iraqi refugee Ahmed Alalousi enjoyed three exhibitions and made a video with a Finnish rapper.
Finland supports UNHCR’s emergency work in several refugee crises
Finland has contributed EUR 8.7 million to UNHCR, of which EUR 4.5 million for the Syria crisis, EUR 2 million to the Central African Republic (CAR) crisis and EUR 2.2 million to the South Sudan crisis. In South Sudan new heavy fighting between government forces and rebel troops erupted in July 2016 and in September, the number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in neighbouring countries passed the 1 million mark.
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...
Observations from UNHCR on Finnish law proposal on restricting rules for family reunification
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the proposed amendments of the Finnish Aliens Act regarding the rules for family reunification. The aim of the proposal is to make the rules for family reunification stricter. The amendment would extend...
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. UNHCR welcomes the amendments to strengthen the role of the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) as the single and central determining authority and...
Observations from UNHCR on law proposal on restrictions in the Finnish asylum system
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Finnish government’s law proposal that seeks to introduce a number of restrictions in the Finnish asylum system. The proposed amendments include reductions of legal aid in the first instance, removal...