Finland

The main migration policy instruments in Finland:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Finland’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1968: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Finland:  

• Ministry of the Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, serves as chair of Finland’s Ministerial Working Group on Migration and represents Finland in migration matters at national and European levels. Areas of responsibility include immigration (entry, residence); border management and irregular migration; the reception of asylum seekers and the asylum procedure; return and readmission.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa policy and consular affairs.
• Ministry of Employment and the Economy: labour migration and socio-economic integration.

Sources:

• Finnish National contact point of the European Migration Network (2013): The Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Finland. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/08_fi_20130117_organisationasylummigrationpolicies_updated_january2013_en.pdf
• Finnish National contact point of the European Migration Network (2016): Annual Report 2016 on Migration and Asylum Policy in Finland. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/09a_finland_apr2016_en.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018