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Racist crimes account for most hate crimes There is no single universally agreed definition of hate crime. A hate crime is generally taken to mean any criminal act which is motivated by prejudice or hostility against groups of people that the vict...

Expatriate Finns are Finnish citizens who live permanently outside Finland

Accident prevention is a joint effort

18.2.2026 | The Nordic ministers responsible for migration will hold a video conference on 18 February on the initiative of Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen. The topics on their agenda will include return hubs located outside the EU and the implementation of the asylum application process in safe third countries.

11.7.2024 | On Thursday 11 July, the Government issued a resolution on the Action Plan for the Prevention and Combating of Violent Radicalisation and Violent Extremism.

23.5.2024 | Sofia, Prague, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Athens, Rome, Nicosia, Riga, Vilnius, Valletta, The Hague, Vienna, Warsaw, Bucharest, Helsinki To the attention of: Ms Ylva Johansson, Commisisoner for Home Affairs Ms Ilze Juhansone, Secretary-General of the Co...

17.11.2022 | The Government has adopted a resolution on the National Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2022–2025. The Strategy sets out the strategic counter-terrorism objectives and actions and supports sustained and broad cooperation among all those involved in counter-terrorism. This is an update to the previous strategy and it does not contain any significant new strategic guidelines.

18.2.2025 | Aimed at the entire population of Finland, the Preparing for Crises and Incidents Guide was published on the Suomi.fi Web Service in November. The preparedness instructions have reached a large number of people over the first three months.

30.9.2021 | The final report on the implementation of the action plan for incident prevention for rescue services has now been published. According to the report, closer cooperation between different actors is needed and tools must be developed for qualitative evaluation.

8.3.2023 | Immigration Dialogues, a series of discussions coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior, brought nearly 700 people together to talk about immigration. The discussions held in the autumn of 2022 aimed to provide people from different backgrounds with an opportunity to present their ideas and increase understanding of immigration. The final report will be published on 8 March.

5.11.2021 | In June, the Ministry of the Interior set up a project to define long-term objectives for Finland’s comprehensive migration policy. As part of the project, citizens and immigrants are now invited to express their views on the subject.

9.2.2022 | The final reports of the “Capacity of and planning criteria for rescue services and civil emergency preparedness” project have been published on the Institutional Repository for the Government (Valto). The objective of the project was to produce a basis for the national planning criteria for rescue services and investigate how well the resources and capacity of rescue services and civil emergency preparedness correspond to the operating environment, risks and customer needs. 

4.11.2021 | Nordic authorities and civil society actors working against trafficking in human beings will meet at a seminar in Helsinki on 18 November 2021. The aim with the seminar is to share information and expertise and thus support the participants in their work for strengthening the anti-trafficking efforts. Registration for the live-streamed parts of the seminar is open until 15 November 2021.

18.11.2024 | The new Preparing for Incidents and Crises guide aimed at the entire population has been published on Suomi.fi. The Ministry of the Interior produced the online guide together with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and an extensive cooperation network. The guide collects preparedness instructions in one place.

16.4.2020 | Different parts of Finland are reporting engagement in activities by violent extremist movements. Violent non-parliamentary far right movements are active in the areas of all police departments. In some areas, there are also reports of activities of violent non-parliamentary far left groups, mainly anarchists and anti-fascists. These conclusions are presented in the new situation overview of violent extremism.

29.4.2021 | Obliged entities, which are entities with reporting and other obligations, do not always examine the background to customers' transactions or the source of funds adequately enough for the purpose of preventing money laundering. Finland’s national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing finds that all sectors experience challenges in identifying signs of terrorist financing.

25.1.2019 | Minister of the Interior Kai Mykkänen will visit Italy and Greece on 27–30 January. During his visit Mykkänen will meet, for example Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior Matteo Salvini and Greek Minister for Immigration Policy Dimitris Vitsas. Mykkänen will also visit a first reception centre (hotspot) on the Greek islands.

29.11.2019 | Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo will chair the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 2 December. This is the last meeting of home affairs ministers to be held under Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Among the items on the agenda are the future of EU migration and asylum policy and of internal security in the EU.

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.

13.11.2023 | Työperäisen hyväksikäytön ja ihmiskaupan torjunta edellyttää, että ulkomaiset työntekijät saavat tietoa Suomessa työskentelystä omalla äidinkielellään.