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Expatriate Finns are Finnish citizens who live permanently outside Finland

Hankkeessa laaditaan Suomen ulkosuomalaisstrategia vuosille 2022–2026. Hanke toteutetaan sisäministeriön maahanmuutto-osaston johdolla. Strategia valmistuu vuoden 2021 loppuun mennessä.

13.12.2021 | Today, on 13 December, the Ministry of the Interior published the Strategy on Expatriate Finns 2022–2026. The Strategy sets objectives and actions to respond to the service needs of expatriate Finns and to make better use of their expertise.

1.2.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to prepare Finland's strategy on expatriate Finns for 2022–2026. The position of expatriates is in a constant state of change, and the aim is to better respond to the changes, for example by means of digitalisation. The intention is that also Finns living abroad will maintain their contacts and opportunities to influence Finnish society.

2.5.2022 | Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will visit Tallinn on 2–3 May and meet Estonian Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani. The Ministers will discuss topics including the situation in Ukraine, the reception of people who have fled Ukraine, provision of international assistance and civil defence.

29.9.2017 | The Government adopted the Policy Programme for Expatriate Finns 2017–2021 in its negotiations. The programme looks after the interests of Finns living abroad and concerns some 1.6 million expatriate Finns. The Government adopted its first Policy Programme for Expatriate Finns in 2006.

10.12.2020 | On 10 December, the Government decided to extend the restrictions on entry into the country until 12 January 2021. The COVID-19 epidemic is still clearly growing globally, and the number of infections is increasing in most countries. Although the number of new cases in Finland started to rise in the autumn after a calmer period in the summer, differences between the epidemiological situations in Finland and many other countries have recently grown sharply.