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28.12.2017 | The maximum amount for support granted as lump sums for projects financed from the EU Home Affairs Funds rises from EUR 10,000 to 100,000. The Government adopted the decree on the matter on 28 December.https://intermin.fi/en/-/eu-n-sisaasioiden-rahastoista-kertakorvauksena-maksettavan-tuen-enimmaismaara-nousee
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Legislation on students and researchers from outside the EU to be amended - Ministry of the Interior
22.3.2018 | Residence permits for researchers and students would be extended and job-seeking and entrepreneurship would be encouraged through a residence permit granted for this. The goal of this act implementing the EU Directive on students and researchers is that most students completing their degrees in EU countries stay and work in the Union.https://intermin.fi/en/-/eu-n-ulkopuolelta-tulevia-opiskelijoita-ja-tutkijoita-koskevaa-lainsaadantoa-muutetaan -
4.7.2018 | A project appointed by the Ministry of the Interior on 3 July will investigate and draft possible amendments to the Aliens Act concerning the processing of subsequent applications for international protection and the implementation of the Finnish Immigration Service’s decisions enabled by the EU Asylum Procedures Directive. In connection with this project, an amendment required by the Court of Justice of the European Union will also be made to the Aliens Act.https://intermin.fi/en/-/lakihankkeessa-selvitetaan-mahdollisuuksia-muuttaa-uusintahakemuksien-kasittelya
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3.11.2015 | Suomi tarkistaa maahanmuuttolainsäädäntöä EU:n säännösten mukaisestihttps://intermin.fi/en/-/suomi-tarkistaa-maahanmuuttolainsaadantoa-eu-n-saannosten-mukaisesti
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13.2.2026 | The Ministry of the Interior has launched a project to develop a new feature for the Emergency Response Centre Agency’s 112 Suomi app to warn of airborne threats. The project will be carried out with EU funding, and other EU Member States can also benefit from the results of Finland’s development work.https://intermin.fi/en/-/further-development-of-112-suomi-app-to-draw-on-lessons-from-ukraine
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4.5.2018 | The changes required by the EU Firearms Directive are being implemented in Member States. In Finland, the Directive causes changes particularly to the Firearms Act. The draft government proposal for implementing the Firearms Directive was circulated widely for comments on 4 May. The basis of the proposal is to prevent specially dangerous firearms and their components from falling into the wrong ha...https://intermin.fi/en/-/eu-n-asedirektiivin-tuomat-muutokset-aselakiin-eivat-esta-aseharrastamista
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11.4.2022 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft bill which lays down provisions on the authorities competent to counter terrorist content online. The proposal is related to the EU Regulation which aims to improve detection and removal of online content that incites to terrorist acts. The deadline for submitting comments on the proposal is 25 May 2022.https://intermin.fi/en/-/draft-bill-on-terrorist-content-online-sent-out-for-comments
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6.2.2013 | Good Relations -hanke edistää hyviä etnisiä suhteitahttps://intermin.fi/en/-/good-relations-hanke-edistaa-hyvia-etnisia-suhteita
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23.12.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has submitted a draft amendment to the Passport Act and the Identity Card Act for comments. These amendments would extend passport and personal identity card validity to 10 years. The consultation process will last until 16 February 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/proposal-to-extend-passport-validity-submitted-for-comments
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8.12.2025 | The Finnish Ministry of the Interior and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) have agreed to deepen cooperation across different sectors. The cooperation emphasises support for Ukraine's international civil defence coalition.https://intermin.fi/en/-/finnish-and-ukrainian-rescue-authorities-support-ukraine-s-international-civil-defence-coalition
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21.12.2022 | The start of 2023 will see the entry into force of amendments to acts and decrees. This press release provides a summary of the most important changes.https://intermin.fi/en/-/new-year-brings-changes-to-the-ministry-of-the-interior-s-administrative-branch
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14.10.2021 | The Government has submitted to Parliament a government proposal for supplementary legislation on the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). The purpose of the proposal is to make amendments to the national legislation as required by the relevant European Parliament and Council regulations.https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislative-proposal-related-to-the-smart-borders-package-to-parliament
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11.9.2025 | Finland will host Rescue Borealis 2025, an international exercise bringing together hundreds of experts from Finland and abroad. The exercise strengthens cooperation between authorities in Euro-Arctic and cross-border emergencies. Rescue Borealis 2025 includes a field training exercise that will take place in the Oulu area between 29 September and 3 October 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/international-rescue-exercise-brings-hundreds-of-professionals-to-oulu
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6.10.2022 | 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.https://intermin.fi/en/-/minister-mikkonen-met-baltic-interior-ministers-and-undersecretary-of-state-of-poland-in-helsinki
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22.4.2021 | The implementation programme of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) will receive an additional resettlement appropriation of EUR 5.7 million, which the European Commission will pay to Finland. The funding will be allocated to measures related to the reception and integration of quota refugees who arrived in Finland in 2020. During the previous monitoring period from October 2019 to October 2020, 572 quota refugees arrived in Finland.https://intermin.fi/en/-/additional-funding-of-around-eur-5.7-million-to-the-asylum-migration-and-integration-fund-
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5.8.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to update Finland's national risk assessment. The updated assessment is scheduled for publication in autumn 2026.https://intermin.fi/en/-/ministry-of-the-interior-launches-preparation-of-finland-s-national-risk-assessment
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10.7.2019 | The ability to prepare for extreme weather events will be increasingly important in the future. A European team of researchers has developed a role-playing game to help authorities plan their response to extreme weather events. Finland’s Presidency will test the game at a workshop for civil protection authorities focusing on chemical, radiological and hybrid threats as well as weather phenomena.https://intermin.fi/en/-/roolipeli-auttaa-viranomaisia-varautumaan-saan-aari-ilmioihin-ja-muihin-uusiin-uhkiin
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17.10.2025 | The Rescue Borealis exercise, conducted in Finland between August and October 2025, brought together around 700 professionals from healthcare, rescue services and other security authorities from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Germany. This multi-agency exercise, which was mainly funded by the European Commission and focused on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN), was reportedly the largest of its kind in Europe in recent years.https://intermin.fi/en/-/the-exercise-proved-it-together-we-are-stronger
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8.6.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent a draft government proposal for supplementary legislation on the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) out for comments. The purpose of the proposal is to make amendments to the national legislation as required by the relevant European Parliament and Council regulations.https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislative-proposal-related-to-the-smart-borders-package-sent-out-for-comments
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14.8.2025 | Public authorities in Finland will have to use the Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System each time they request information on account balances, transactions and securities. The Government submitted the legislative amendments for approval on 14 August. The President of the Republic is expected to approve the amendments on 15 August, and they will enter into force on 1 December 2025.https://intermin.fi/en/-/amendments-to-law-governing-authorities-requests-for-banking-data-to-enter-into-force-on-1-december-2025