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19.2.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior will set up a legislative project to combat instrumentalised migration and to bolster border security. The term of the project is from 19 February to 31 March 2024. The aim is for a government proposal to be submitted to Parliament in March 2024.https://intermin.fi/en/-/new-legislative-project-to-be-launched-to-combat-instrumentalised-migration
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3.6.2024 | The Government Programme aims to safeguard the activities of Finland’s existing shooting ranges and promote the establishment of new shooting ranges. The Finnish Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to examine ways to safeguard the activities of shooting ranges and to prepare the necessary legislative amendments.https://intermin.fi/en/-/ministry-of-the-interior-sets-up-project-to-safeguard-finland-s-shooting-ranges
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19.2.2025 | A working group of the Ministry of the Interior explored the possibility of introducing a citizenship test as a requirement for acquiring Finnish citizenship. According to the Government Programme, the Citizenship Act will be reformed by tightening the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship.https://intermin.fi/en/-/report-exploring-introduction-of-citizenship-test-now-complete-
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27.3.2025 | Finland’s Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to strengthen the administrative approach to combating organised crime and the related exchange of information as outlined in the Government Programme.https://intermin.fi/en/-/new-legislation-to-step-up-fight-against-organised-crime
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28.6.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to prepare legislative amendments on the use of air carriers’ passenger name record (PNR) data in the prevention of terrorist offences and serious crime.https://intermin.fi/en/-/project-launched-to-prepare-legislative-amendments-on-using-passenger-name-record-data-in-crime-prevention-
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20.3.2025 | Today, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal on a new gambling system. The Government proposes to end Veikkaus' gambling games monopoly in betting and in online slot machine and casino games at the end of 2026, and to open the provision of these games to competition.https://intermin.fi/en/-/gambling-system-reform-licensing-introduced-to-open-betting-and-online-casino-games-market-to-competition
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10.4.2025 | On 10 April 2025, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament on amending the Act on Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System.https://intermin.fi/en/-/introducing-centralised-system-for-banking-data-requests-by-authorities
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16.10.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft government proposal on temporary protection. As the crisis in Ukraine drags on, there is a need to reform the legislation on temporary protection. The project will prepare the necessary amendments to the Aliens Act concerning people who have fled the war in Ukraine but also other possible situations of temporary protection in the future.https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislation-on-temporary-protection-to-be-reformedtaan
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25.10.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft government proposal for an act on export authorisation for cartridge components and on acts amending the Firearms Act and chapter 46, section 1 of the Criminal Code. The aim is to prevent the export of cartridge components to Russia in particular. The draft proposal is being circulated for comments until 28 November 2024.https://intermin.fi/en/-/export-of-ammunition-intended-for-civilian-use-to-become-subject-to-authorisation-1
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5.12.2024 | The Government proposes amendments to the legislation on temporary protection. The aim is to streamline the granting of temporary protection from the perspective of both the beneficiaries and the authorities. The amendments concern people who have fled the war in Ukraine but also other possible situations of temporary protection in the future. The Government submitted the proposal for the amendments to the Aliens Act to Parliament on 5 December.https://intermin.fi/en/-/government-proposes-amendments-to-legislation-on-temporary-protection
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27.3.2025 | The requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship will be tightened in accordance with the Government Programme. Amendments are proposed to the provisions on the establishment of identity, the integrity requirement and the requirement for sufficient financial resources. The Government submitted a proposal on the matter to Parliament on 27 March.https://intermin.fi/en/-/government-proposes-stricter-requirements-for-acquiring-finnish-citizenship
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26.8.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to amend the Emergency Warnings Act to enable municipal health protection authorities to issue emergency warnings if necessary.https://intermin.fi/en/-/municipal-health-protection-authorities-to-be-given-powers-to-issue-emergency-warnings
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7.2.2024 | The Finnish Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to implement the entries in the Government Programme concerning tighter conditions for family reunification. The aim is to introduce additional conditions for family reunification, as permitted by the EU Family Reunification Directive.https://intermin.fi/en/-/ministry-of-the-interior-s-project-to-prepare-changes-to-family-reunification-
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6.5.2024 | The European Union will begin providing secure satellite connections to its Member States at the end of this year. The plan is to offer Members States high-speed broadband connectivity in areas where no terrestrial connections are available. In April, the Ministry of the Interior launched a preliminary study on the adoption of secure satellite connections.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finland-to-look-into-adoption-of-secure-satellite-connections
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24.10.2023 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project on the reform of the gambling system. The project will prepare for the introduction of a licence system for gambling in accordance with the Government Programme.https://intermin.fi/en/-/lakihanke-rahapelijarjestelman-uudistamisesta-alkaa
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1.8.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to amend the Firearms Act and the Firearms Decree. Provisions concerning loading devices, silencers and the storage of cartridges, among other things, will be clarified. A comprehensive review of the provisions governing deactivated weapons will also be carried out.https://intermin.fi/en/-/several-amendments-to-firearms-act-to-be-prepared
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26.11.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft government proposal to reform the procedure for examining asylum applications. At the same time, the enforcement of decisions on deportation would be streamlined and restrictions would be placed on the ability of beneficiaries of international protection to visit the countries from which they have fled.https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislative-amendments-to-improve-efficiency-of-asylum-process-sent-out-for-comments
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9.1.2025 | The Finnish Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to extend the validity of the Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration (‘Border Security Act’). The purpose of the act is to respond to efforts to put pressure on Finland through the instrumentalisation of migrants.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finnish-government-prepares-to-extend-validity-of-border-security-act
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3.9.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to amend the legislation on temporary protection in order to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals and their family members even after 4 March 2025. The project will prepare the necessary amendments to the Aliens Act.https://intermin.fi/en/-/temporary-protection-for-ukrainians-displaced-by-war-to-continue
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27.8.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project for the second phase of the Rescue Act reform. The government proposal is due to be submitted to Parliament in autumn 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/phase-two-of-rescue-act-reform-launched