Preparation of migration policy programme begins

The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project for the preparation of the Government’s migration policy programme on the basis of decisions taken by the ministerial working group on migration and the Government in its mid-term policy review. The programme is to lay down Finnish migration policy guidelines for the current government term.

"With this programme, the Government aims to identify measures to support in particular labour migration, immigrant integration and good relations between different population groups," says Minister of the Interior Paula Risikko.

The migration policy programme will complement the already established programmes and guidelines of Prime Minister Sipilä’s Government. These include, in addition to the Government Programme, the Government’s migration policy measures, the action plan on asylum policy and the Government Integration Programme for 2016–2019.

The preparation of the migration policy programme will be based on the Government Resolution on the Future of Migration 2020 Strategy adopted in 2013."

The ministerial working group on migration will regularly monitor the progress of the preparation work and acts as a project steering group.

The preparation of the programme will be the responsibility of an intersectoral working group led by the Ministry of the Interior with representation from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Finnish Immigration Service, National Police Board and the Finnish Border Guard. The working group will be chaired by Director General Jorma Vuorio from the Ministry of the Interior.

During the preparation, various stakeholders will be consulted extensively. The migration policy programme is scheduled to be completed in early 2018.

Read more about the project (in Finnish)

Government Resolution on the Future of MIgration 2020 Strategy

Inquiries
Jorma Vuorio, Director General, tel. +358 295 418 860, [email protected]