Government Report on Internal Security 2025

On 11 September 2025, the Government adopted its Report on Internal Security and submitted it to Parliament for consideration.

The report describes the significant changes that have taken place in Finland’s security environment and defines the key priorities and objectives for internal security policy for the coming years. The report is one of three related security reports. The other two are the Government Report on Finnish Foreign and Security Policy and the Government Defence Report.

According to the report, the international security situation is having an increasingly significant effect on Finland’s internal security. This change puts a strong emphasis on the preparedness of security authorities.

Priorities for internal security: serious youth and gang crime, organised crime, violent extremist movements and terrorism, illegal entry and mass influx of migrants, information influence activities, state-sponsored espionage, threats to critical infrastructure, incidents and emergency conditions threatening the civilian population.
 

Priorities and objectives of the report

  1. Preventing serious youth and gang crime from gaining ground in society
  2. Combating organised and serious crime
  3. Managing the threat of violent extremism and terrorism
  4. Countering illegal entry and mass influx of migrants and hybrid influence activities at Finland’s borders
  5. Protecting Finland’s trust-based society from information influence activities
  6. Countering the threat of espionage by foreign states
  7. Protecting critical infrastructure
  8. Protecting the civilian population effectively in case of large-scale incidents and in emergency conditions

The report lays out key measures to achieve these objectives.

According to the report, security authorities need more resources to respond to the changes in the security environment.

The next stage is that Parliament will issue a position on the government report. The report and position will together form the key guidelines for Finland's internal security policy in the coming years.  

The Ministry of the Interior led the drafting of the Government Report on Internal Security. The process involved collaboration between government ministries and internal security authorities. It also included consultations with key stakeholders.

Government Report on Internal Security
Presentation material of the report | pdf
Government submits Report on Internal Security to Parliament | press release 11 September 2025