For those of you who had the opportunity to move to Finland in the 1970s or early 1980s, will certainly remember Eila Kännö, the head of the then-Aliens’ Office. Has anyone counted how many times the name of the immigration office has changed since the 1970s? Ihave lost track.
Month: June 2008
The future human landscape of Finland
While we can debate how many foreigners will come to live in Finland in the next decade and if they’ll come to live in the country, what will Finland’s human landscape look like in the next and following decades as the country become more multicultural? By multicultural I am referring to Canada’s novel immigrant policy…
“It paid to be Alfredo Stroessner’s son”*
María Eugenia Heikel, 57, the former wife of the late Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner’s son Gustavo, is just one victim of the ruthless regime that ruled one of Latin America’s poorest countries for 35 years. (Click to see Spanish version of the article in El País of Madrid). Even though the Stroessners fled the country…
How immigrant-friendly is Finland?
If we look at the unemployment figures (20% jobless among foreigners) and the motives of non-Finns that moved to this country according to their residence permit applications, we are still faraway from being an immigrant-friendly country. According to the Finnish Immigration Service, last year 6,196 (32%) residence permit applications were for employment followed for studies…