Useful links for migrants
Useful information on immigration, immigration administration and policy, published by the Ministry of the Interior.
Compass – International meeting place run by Kuopio Setlementti Puijola
Publications and brochures by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migr) A comprehensive database to support the guidance of immigrants.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health website on social security, welfare and health for migrants
The Finnish Refugee Assistance website
Department of Health and Welfare’s Immigrant and Multiculturalism pages
Regarding the situation in Ukraine, we currently recommend you to follow the Finnish Immigration Service’s information on Ukraine / Україна | Finnish Immigration Service (migri.fi) and Temporary Protection | Finnish Immigration Service (migri.fi)
Understand Finland – At home in Finland – new multilingual educational video series on Finnish society
The seven-part Understand Finland video series explains issues in Finnish society, from taxation to human rights and raising children. In addition to Finnish, the videos are in Arabic, Russian, English, Dari, Somali and Kurdish (Kurmandzi). The videos can be found on the Kotona Suomessa project’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNoXocZGaydlKyO9FbN_Jwg