A person holding a work-related brochure from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in July 2020. About 18,500 people are expected to move to Finland for work in 2023, an expert at the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) stated to YLE on Monday. (Jussi Nukari – Lehtikuva)
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IMMIGRATION to Finland is continuing at a record pace despite a slight dip in work-based immigration, according to YLE.
The Finnish public broadcasting company reported at the start of the week that the number of first residence permits and registrations of EU citizens on grounds of work, study or family reunification stood at 40,468 between 1 January and 23 September.
The forecast for the whole year is 54,092, over 5,000 more than in 2022.
Ukrainians, seasonal workers and the family members of international protection recipients are not included in the figures.
Over 20,000 people moved to the country for work in 2022, the largest non-EU nationality groups being Russians, Filipinos and Indians and the largest EU groups Estonians, Romanians and Latvians. Markus Suutari, an expert at the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri), indicated to YLE that the number of work-based immigrants is expected to be roughly 18,500 this year.
“Work permits are still at a high level, but this year they’ll likely add up to about 15,000. The computational expectation for EU citizens coming here for work reasons is over 3,300,” he said.
“Filipinos are a new and rapidly growing group among those coming here with a residence permit from outside the EU. Very high numbers of social and health care workers are coming from there. The
Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi
