Tag: Stateless
An opposition MP withdrew the controversial bill after a backlash
The coalition MP Jari Kinnunen had proposed a change in the law to remove dual citizens and stateless persons from positions important to public safety.
A record number of more than 35,000 have applied for temporary protection in Finland
All applicants and recipients of temporary protection are registered at the reception center, even if they live in a private apartment or an apartment provided by the municipality. Most of the applicants and recipients of temporary protection, about 65 percent, currently live outside the reception centers. Reception centers offer reception services, such as health and…
According to the UNHCR, global resettlement needs for refugees will increase sharply next year
The increase is due to the humanitarian impact of the pandemic, the many protracted refugee situations and the emergence of new refugee situations over the past year. Most of the needs in 2023 will come from asylum countries on the African continent; about 662,012 refugees staying there are estimated to be in need of resettlement.…
Temporary protection granted to more than 25,000 fugitives from Ukraine in Finland – changes in statistical reporting
Applications are decided by the Finnish Immigration Service. Almost all decisions (25,892) have been positive. A small proportion of applications are time-barred (216) because the applicant has withdrawn their application. The daily number of applications for temporary protection is now lower than at the beginning of the war. Currently, the police and border control authorities…
Temporary protection in Finland was granted to more than 20,000 people fleeing Ukraine – decisions are now being made quickly
Applications are submitted to the police or border guards. The Finnish Immigration Service is responsible for making the relevant decisions. – Now the decision-making process is really fast, when the application has all the information and a photo on the residence card needed to make the decision. In the past, it could take weeks now…
The musical politician helped Palestinians
The Radicals sat in government for about half of Elisabeth Arnold’s years in the Folketing, after she was elected in the election in 1988. She did not become a minister, but she made a big impression nonetheless. In 1992, against the wishes of the VK government, she and the Radicals helped enforce the controversial special…
Prosecutors demand 12 years in prison and deportation in terrorism case
Here, the 24-year-old man is wearing a red Arsenal football shirt, gray jogging pants and light gray socks in a pair of black bath slippers. According to prosecutor Marie Petersen, it must cost the man guilty of terrorism 12 years in prison and deportation from Denmark forever. The weapon, magazines and cartridges were to be…
Important message to the public in Moskogen in Kalmar municipality, Kalmar county.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has set a goal that by 2024 no one should have to be stateless. In Sweden, there are about 30,000 people who are either stateless or whose citizenship is unknown. Abdulla Meri, was himself a stateless person for more than 30 years, before he became a Swedish citizen in 2017.…