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  1. 20.1.2022 | Representatives of the EU Member States, the European Commission and EU agencies will meet in Vilnius, Lithuania on 20–21 January for a conference on external border control organised by Austria, Greece, Lithuania and Poland. The conference serves as a forum where Member States can discuss ways to develop the EU’s external border control to be better equipped to respond to current and future challenges. State Secretary Akseli Koskela will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/ministerial-conference-in-vilnius-to-discuss-challenges-in-eu-s-external-border-control
  2. 7.10.2021 | EU home affairs ministers will gather in Luxembourg on 8 October for a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Items on the agenda include the external dimension of migration, the situation in Afghanistan and the fight against child sexual abuse. Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/eu-home-affairs-ministers-discuss-migration-situation-in-afghanistan-and-fight-against-child-sexual-abuse
  3. 18.8.2021 | This week, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory calling for all countries to suspend the return of Afghan nationals to their country of origin. The advisory also applies to the return of asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected. Finland has followed this policy for several weeks now.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/non-return-of-persons-from-finland-to-afghanistan-policy-in-line-with-un-advisory
  4. 28.3.2019 | UK citizens’ right of residence after Brexit will be protected by a special act. The Government submitted the act for approval on Thursday 28 March, and the President of the Republic will approve it on Friday.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/rekisteroityneiden-brittien-oleskeluoikeus-turvataan-vuoden-2020-loppuun
  5. 22.12.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a draft government proposal to reform the provisions on removal from the country and entry bans laid down in the Aliens Act. The deadline for comments is 2 February 2026.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/legislative-amendments-on-removal-from-the-country-and-entry-bans-sent-out-for-comments
  6. 27.1.2022 | On 1 December, the European Commission issued a proposal for provisional emergency measures for the benefit of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The proposal is part of a set of joint EU measures aimed at responding to Belarus’s actions. Belarus has made efforts at its borders to instrumentalise migration for political purposes. The Government expressed its position on the proposal in its communication submitted to Parliament on 27 January.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/provisional-eu-measures-would-help-latvia-lithuania-and-poland-manage-migration
  7. 19.12.2019 | The Government has issued a resolution on the national action plan 2019–2023 for the prevention of violent radicalisation and extremism. The action plan aims to reduce extremist violence and its threat to individuals, communities and society, and to promote equality, freedom of expression and other constitutional rights.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/vakivaltaista-radikalisoitumista-ja-ekstremismia-ehkaistaan-monin-keinoin
  8. 16.12.2021 | Finland’s national security has improved with the legislation on intelligence. Information gathering on threats to national security and national defence has become more effective, too, since the new intelligence powers entered into force. This is stated in a recent report on intelligence legislation, which was adopted at the government plenary session on 16 December.
    https://intermin.fi/en/-/national-security-has-improved-along-with-legislation-on-intelligence