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Minister of the Interior Rantanen: We have a duty to protect our citizens

Type:Press release Publication date:10.12.2025 13.43

Minister Rantanen to visit Brussels – Home affairs ministers to discuss several migration issues

Type:Press release Publication date:8.12.2025 8.50

Commission proposes significant increase in EU funding for home affairs 

Type:Press release Publication date:20.11.2025 14.08

Minister of the Interior Rantanen and Austria's Federal Minister for the Interior Gerhard Karner to meet in Finland

Type:Press release Publication date:27.10.2025 8.39

Sufficient financial resources to be required for Finnish citizenship 

Type:Press release Publication date:23.10.2025 13.30

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