Home affairs ministers to discuss Ukraine and EU’s migration and asylum reform

13.10.2022 12.49
EU home affairs ministers will convene in Luxembourg on 14.10. The ministers will continue the discussion on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The focus will be on the refugee situation in the EU and the effects of the war on the Union's internal security. Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will represent Finland at the meeting.

Minister Mikkonen met Baltic interior ministers and Undersecretary of State of Poland in Helsinki

6.10.2022 15.36
Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen met the Baltic interior ministers Lauri Läänemetsi (Estonia), Kristaps Eklons (Latvia) and Agnė Bilotaitė (Lithuania) and Undersecretary of State Bartosz Grodecki in Helsinki on 5–6 October. The meeting focused on civil and emergency preparedness, and on critical infrastructure and its protection.

Amendments to Aliens Act would streamline extension of temporary protection for Ukrainians

27.9.2022 10.42
The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft of a temporary amendment to the Aliens Act that would ensure the validity of residence permits issued in Finland to recipients of temporary protection for as long as the temporary protection is in effect in the EU. With the amendment, first residence permits would be issued directly for the entire period of validity of the temporary protection. Moreover, those who have already received residence permits would not need to apply for an extension separately.

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