Based on a report made by the Finnish Immigration Service, decisions on asylum applications largely meet the criteria laid down in the law. Deficiencies in the quality of interpretation of asylum interviews and processing of asylum applications were, however, detected. It is likely that the number of deficiencies became bigger than normal following a sudden tenfold increase in asylum seekers in 2015 and a need to quickly increase the amount of human resources required for the process. A large number of development measures have already improved the quality as processes have been streamlined, training has been enhanced and the staff have gained more experience.

About 88 per cent of the respondents to the most recent Police Barometer survey considered that the police were fully or mostly able to fulfil their responsibility for ensuring public order and security in Finland. The results of the survey have been positive for quite some time now. What is also significant is that the results have even improved since 2012.