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29.9.2023 | The inclusive Startup Refugees entrepreneurship programme supports asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants in the path towards work, entrepreneurship and skills development. The Finnish programme will compete in the finals of the Awards, which will be announced in November 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/start-up-refugees-programme-reaches-the-final-of-the-european-entrepreneurship-promotion-awards
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15.11.2023 | Finland’s Startup Refugees has won the Responsible and Inclusive Entrepreneurship category in the European Enterprise Promotion Awards. The results of the competition were announced in Bilbao on 14 November. The inclusive activities of Startup Refugees support asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants in finding employment, starting a business and developing skills.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/startup-refugees-entrepreneurship-programme-wins-its-category-in-the-european-enterprise-promotion-awards
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13.3.2023 | At their meeting on 13 March, the EU social affairs and employment ministers will discuss the labour market situation of temporarily displaced Ukrainians and the situation of children. The ministers will also exchange views on the European Semester for economic policy coordination and the related sustainable growth survey and joint employment report.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-ministers-to-discuss-the-situation-of-ukrainian-refugees-and-the-european-semester
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22.12.2022 | Estonia has received a considerable number of Ukrainian refugees considering the size of the country, and the local reception system is overburdened. To ease the situation of the refugees, Finland and Estonia will offer the opportunity for interested Ukrainians to move to Finland by group transport. Preparations for this arrangement began at Estonia’s request and they are being carried out in cooperation between the Estonian and Finnish authorities.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/ukrainian-refugees-offered-the-opportunity-to-move-from-estonia-to-finland
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25.3.2022 | EU home affairs ministers will gather in Brussels on Monday 28 March for an extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Items on the agenda include coordination between EU countries with respect to the reception of refugees from Ukraine. Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/home-affairs-ministers-discuss-support-for-refugees-from-ukraine-responsibility-for-refugees-should-be-shared-between-eu-member-states
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30.3.2026 | Finland will grant two million euros in humanitarian assistance to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR’s operation in Lebanon to support refugees and internally displaced persons.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-grant-humanitarian-assistance-to-lebanon
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7.12.2022 | EU home affairs ministers will gather in Brussels on Thursday 8 December for a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will represent Finland at the meeting. The ministers will discuss topics including the overall state of the Schengen area and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/home-affairs-ministers-to-discuss-migrant-smuggling-and-the-situation-of-ukrainian-refugees
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27.7.2022 | Austria has invited the EU ministers responsible for integration to an informal ministerial conference to discuss the integration in the EU countries of people who have fled Ukraine as a result of Russia’s war of aggression. The ministers will meet in Vienna on 28 July.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-ministers-responsible-for-integration-discuss-situation-of-ukrainian-refugees
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10.4.2026 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen is currently visiting Türkiye to meet with the Turkish Minister of Interior Mustafa Çiftçi. Topics on the ministers’ agenda include the effects of the situation in the Middle East on migration as well as counterterrorism and police cooperation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-of-the-interior-rantanen-on-visit-to-turkiye
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7.11.2022 | Integration 2022 brings together those involved in integration matters to Tampere on 7–8 November 2022 with a focus on current themes in integration and reception of refugees. The overall theme of this year’s event is change and the changing operating environment. The programme tracks deal with employment, education, receptiveness of society, wellbeing and health, and the integration of refugees of different ages.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/integration-2022-offers-many-perspectives-on-integration-from-employment-to-the-situation-of-ukrainian-refugees-
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21.6.2023 | The winners of the Finnish competition for the European Enterprise Promotion Award are the Business Lande project, which promotes entrepreneurship among young people in rural areas, and the Startup Refugees entrepreneurship programme, which supports asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants in the path towards work, entrepreneurship and skills development.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-selects-its-candidates-for-the-european-enterprise-promotion-awards-business-lande-and-startup-refugees-will-compete-for-the-award
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12.5.2022 | As a Member State of the European Union, Finland will take responsibility for the migratory impact of the situation in Ukraine, and especially for protecting those fleeing war. Finland is also prepared to receive beneficiaries of temporary protection transferred from other countries as a part of joint EU measures. The Government expressed its position on such transfers in a Union communication to Parliament on 12 May.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-may-also-receive-refugees-from-ukraine-as-transfers-from-other-countries
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17.12.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has submitted to the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman a follow-up report on the preparation of the allocation of the refugee quota. The report requested by the Ombudsman was also submitted to the Chancellor of Justice. As the matter is of major importance to society and of interest to many, the Ministry of the Interior will make the report available to the public.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/ministry-of-the-interior-s-follow-up-report-finds-no-discrimination-in-preparation-of-refugee-quota
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20.5.2021 | The report ordered by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment assesses whether Finland could use the so-called community sponsorship integration model when accepting refugees. According to the reports, the model could make the integration of refugees in Finland faster and support the integration work led by the state and municipalities.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/report-community-sponsorships-for-quota-refugees-could-supplement-authorities-measures
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28.11.2024 | Finland will receive 500 refugees under the refugee quota in 2025. In its plenary session on 28 November, the Government decided on which refugee groups would be included in the quota and how many places would be reserved for each group.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-to-receive-afghans-congolese-syrians-venezuelans-and-evacuees-from-libya-under-refugee-quota
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14.3.2022 | EU ministers responsible for employment and social affairs will meet to discuss gender equality in boards of listed companies, prevention of discrimination in recruitment and ways of increasing diversity in working life. The ministers will also discuss the reception of Ukrainian refugees.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/ministers-to-meet-in-brussels-to-discuss-equality-in-working-life-and-reception-of-ukrainian-refugees
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13.10.2022 | The EU ministers responsible for employment and social affairs will convene for an informal meeting in Prague on 13–14 October 2022. Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/energy-poverty-and-labour-market-integration-of-ukrainian-refugees-on-the-agenda-at-meeting-of-eu-employment-and-social-affairs-ministers-in-prague
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26.5.2020 | Finland strengthens support for Venezuelan migrants and refugees Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 26.5.2020 19.05 Type: News item Speaking at the International Donors Conference in solidarity with Venezuelan migrants and refugees in t...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-strengthens-support-for-venezuelan-migrants-and-refugees
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3.12.2020 | The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment have commissioned a study on how a community sponsorship model could complement the authorities' efforts in the reception of quota refugees. The study will be conducted by the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, which operates under the auspices of the University of Jyväskylä. The purpose is to assess the legal and practical feasibility of the model in Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/role-of-communities-in-promoting-integration-of-quota-refugees-to-be-investigated
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28.6.2022 | Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen will visit Tallinn on 29 June to meet with Estonia’s Minister of Social Protection Signe Riisalo. The topics to be discussed include the situation of Ukrainian refugees and the social security systems in both countries and developing them.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/minister-of-social-affairs-and-health-sarkkinen-visits-tallinn-to-discuss-the-development-of-social-security-and-the-situation-of-ukrainian-refugees