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This study provides an overview of general integration policy and labour market integration policy in Finland. The focus of the study is on policies and practices supporting the labour market integration of third-country nationals who have a residence permit and a right to work in Finland. The study offers examples of promising labour market integration measures implemented by the public sector and tailored employment-related initiatives provided by the private sector

This Report presents the main findings of the 2017 EMN Study Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in the EU plus Norway. The study covers the period 2014-2017, thereby following up on previous EMN research on unaccompanied minors. It may serve to inform further the approaches of EU Member States plus Norway to the protection of unaccompanied minors following status determination and to inform action on this at EU level.

This inform strives to examine the impact of incentives and motives on a third-country national’s decision to depart voluntarily. Incentives refer to the measures offered by national authorities to encourage a third-country national to return voluntarily to a country. Motives, on the other hand, refer to the personal and contextual reasons on which a third-country national will make their decision to voluntarily depart or not.

A summary of the study on pathways to citizenship for third-country nationals in the EU. The study provides a comparative overview of the frameworks in place across the Member States of the European Union (EU) for access to national citizenship for new migrants from third countries, through naturalisation.

This Study examines the measures taken in Finland to respons to the fluctuation in the number of asylum seekers in the years 2015-2016. The measures taken by authorities in 2015 and 2016 have been partly evaluated, by either internal or external parties. When evaluated as a whole, the authorities’ measures were successful in the respect that all asylum seekers were registered and accommodated; it was ensured that they receive statutory basic service and their applications were processed according to the Aliens Act. The long-term impacts of the measures are not evaluated in this study.

This inform analyses the arrangements European Union (EU) Member States have put in place for accommodation and housing for beneficiaries of temporary protection, in the context of the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) (2001/55/EC).

The study maps the profiles of seasonal workers and sectors that typically employ seasonal workers. In additional, the study examines national measures aimed at attracting seasonal workers to Finland.

The study provides a comparative overview of the frameworks in place across the Member States of the European Union (EU) for access to national citizenship for new migrants from third countries, through naturalisation.

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of Finland’s responses to the phenomenon of irregular stay. This study aims to shed light on the practices developed in Finland to prevent this phenomenon as well as the most significant challenges faced in this area in Finland.

The purpose of this report is to describe the Finnish legislation related to detention and less coercive precautionary measures and provide practical information on the degree to which precautionary measures are used. Furthermore, the report discusses the views of the police, the Border Guard and the Ministry of the Interior concerning whether less coercive precautionary measures really are an effective means of establishing an individual’s identity or the conditions for their entry into the country or, alternatively, to ensure their removal from the country.