Asylum

11 September 2020, Greece, Moria: Migrants take part in a protest to call for their resettlement after the massive fire that burnt out the refugee camp of Moria which almost destroyed it, leaving more than 12,000 migrants homeless. Photo: Socrates Baltagiannis/dpa.

Finland

FINLAND

Draft budget 2021: more refugees, fight against human trafficking

The Nomad Today 9/16/20

The number of quota refugees to be received by Finland will be raised by 200 to 1,050 .

10 September 2020, Greece, Moria: Migrants queue to get food, near the burnt-out Moria refugee camp that was almost completely destroyed in a fire the broke out overnight on Wednesday. More than 12,000 migrants, who lost what homes they had in the blaze that might have been intentionally set, had to spend the night on the streets. Photo: Socrates Baltagiannis/dpa

Finland

REFUGEES

Finland to take 11 underage asylum seekers from Greece’s Moria camp

The Nomad Today 9/11/20

Greece has transferred more than 400 unaccompanied minor asylum seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland.

09 September 2020, Greece, Lesbos: Smoke rises in Moria refugee camp on the north-eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. A huge fire has almost completely destroyed the camp, home to thousands of migrants living in already dire conditions, dialing up the pressure on European countries to respond to the crisis. Photo: Arne Büttner/dpa.

World

ASYLUM SEEKERS

Huge fire destroys Europe's largest refugee camp

The Nomad Today 9/9/20

Located in the island of Lesbos, Moria is infamously overcrowded. Thousands of people lived there in woeful conditions, sometimes in huts or under plastic sheeting. Norway's government has…

The Minister of the Interior, Maria Ohisalo. Photo: Aaro Taina/Vnk.

Finland

AMENDMENT TO ALIENS ACT

Removing barriers to family reunification

The Nomad Today 7/15/20

Parliament requires that the Government prepare legislative amendments to ensure that the requirement for sufficient financial resources is not applied in the processing of family reunification…

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Finland

FIRST GROUP ARRIVES NEXT WEEK

Finland will receive €12 million in EU funds to host new refugees

The Nomad Today 6/30/20

The EU funds will cover the reception costs related to accommodation, immediate living costs and services.

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Finland

Asylum seekers’ right to work extended for seasonal labour

The Nomad Today 6/26/20

The legislative amendment will abolish the waiting periods for asylum seekers for taking up employment.

Finland

ASYLUM SEEKERS

Finland to close 7 reception centers by the end of the year

The Nomad Today 6/24/20

Migri says the sharp decline in the arrival of asylum seekers left an "unsustainable" amount of unused beds in public founded facilities.

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World

More than 1,000 people returned voluntarily to Syria from Germany

The Nomad Today 6/14/20

Because of the "persistently difficult security situation," voluntary return to Syria is not currently being promoted, according to government information.

Migrants with face masks from the Moria camp, who arrived by ship from the island of Lesbos, stand in the port of Piraeus near Athens after their arrival. Greek authorities transferred some 400 migrants, mostly families, to the mainland to ease the situation in the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis/dpa/dpa

Moving to Spain

MIGRATION

Sharp increase of refugees crossing into Europe in May

The Nomad Today 6/14/20

In May there were almost 4,300 unauthorized border crossings on Europe's main migration routes, almost three times as many as in April.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Photo: Pixabay.

World

Police suspect Finnish court was also misled by Iraqi asylum seeker

The Nomad Today 5/25/20

Forged documents were also sent to the Helsinki Administrative Court, according to the National Bureau of Investigation.

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Finland

Coronavirus

Minimum number of asylum applications during the pandemic

The Nomad Today 5/15/20

The asylum interviews are being held in premises where staff members and clients can be sufficiently protected from potential coronavirus infections.

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Moving to Spain

Coronavirus may push more asylum seekers to EU

The Nomad Today 5/12/20

Finland

Police suspect the human rights violation for which Finland was sanctioned is a hoax

The Nomad Today 4/23/20

Investigators think the documents that led to the Court's decision were forged and the plaintiff's father would be still alive . The leader of the True Finns, Jussi Halla-Aho, blamed the…

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Finland

Coronavirus ends border asylum claims

The Nomad Today 4/10/20

36 applications have been submitted by people who were already in Finland when the restrictions on entry came into force. Migri is investigating the date of arrival and the travel route of 2 of them.

World

Thousands of asylum seekers trying to enter the EU walking from Turkey

The Nomad Today 2/29/20

The EU is preparing for a new wave of migration after Turkish authorities said they would no longer stop asylum seekers. See in this article photos and videos of the exodus.

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Finland

Finland to receive 175 asylum seekers from Syria and Afghanistan

The Nomad Today 2/27/20

The country will host primarily unaccompanied minors and single-parent families who are likely to have grounds for international protection.

Finland

Finland prepares to host 175 women and children seeking asylum

The Nomad Today 2/25/20

Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo says it is important that Finland, as an EU member state, plays a role in finding solutions to the current distressing situation of asylum seekers.

Finland

Decreasing number of asylum seekers in 2019

The Nomad Today 1/20/20

Most of the new asylum seekers last year arrived from Turkey and Russia. Most Turks said they are members of the Gülen movement, considered as a terrorist organization by the Ankara…