Publications

The glossary’s main focus continues to be legal developments in the framework of the EU acquis on asylum and migration. It intends to make communication easier for policy-makers, legislators, practitioners, media and people interested in the topic of migration and asylum. Printed versions are only published if they contain substantial changes. The last printed version was published as Version 6.0 in May 2018.

This report gives an overview of the developments in immigration and asylum policy that have taken place in Finland in 2018. The report goes through developments in legislation, policy and practice. The report also contains a wide array of immigration statistics. This publication contains both the English and Finnish version.

The Finnish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN) has compiled this statistical review from the statistics of the Finnish Immigration Service, Police and Finnish Border Guard as well as the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In addition, the EMN has produced the annual report on migration, which covers all aspects of migration and asylum in Finland in 2018. The report offers advanced information on phenomena, which this statistical review discusses in the light of figures.

A statistical annex published alongside the EMN annual report, containing a wide range of national and Eurostat statistics
on migration and asylum.

Annual reports on migration and asylum outline the most significant political and legislative
developments and debates in the EMN Member States and at EU-level in the year.
The reports provide a unique overview of migration and asylum-related developments.

This study looks at the effectiveness of return in Finland. Finnish return policies and practices will be examined in relation to the EU rules and standards. It is stated in the study that return of persons who are residing irregularly in the country is an increasing challenge for Finland. Theobstacles are not, however, directly linked to
the EU rules or standards. On the basis of this study it can be noted that return policies and practices in Finland are effective and to a large extent in line with the EU rules and standards.

This Study covers approaches to establish the identity of third-country nationals within the migration process, looking both into identification and identity verification related tasks. This is addressed within the context of the asylum procedure, return procedure, as well as legal migration channels, i.e. applications for short-stay visas and for long-stay visas/residence permit for study, work and family purposes.

This study examines the situation of unaccompanied minors who have received a positive or negative permit decision in Finland. The study takes a look at the housing, care and integration-related measures provided to unaccompanied minors who have received a positived permit decision. In addition, procedures related to return of minor are examined, as well as how to proceed with those unaccompanied minors who cannot be returned. The study also describes the procedures after minors turn 18. The last section of the study deals with disappearances of minors.

The following report presents an overview of the important challenges faced by national authorities in EU Member States and Norway in their efforts to establish and verify the identity of third-country nationals within the context of various migration procedures and of national practices to address those challenges. Moreover, the study provides an insight into the use of information management systems at national and European level to support identification and verification processes.

The following Report presents a comparative overview of the main findings of the EMN Study on Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals (TCNs) in the EU based on National Reports from twenty-three Member States. The aim of this Study is to map and analyse the measures in place at Member States level to fight the illegal employment of TCNs, possible problematic areas and obstacles in this field and strategies and good practices to overcome them.