33000 Ukrainians apply for asylum in Finland

The number of Ukrainians refugees in Finland has raised to more than 33,000 so far, following Russia´s attack on Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Interior.

They have applied for temporary protection in Finland and are now within the reception system for asylum seekers, said the ministry in a press release on Friday.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of the Interior estimates that 40,000–80,000 Ukrainian refugees will arrive in Finland by the end of this year

Meanwhile, the government is preparing amendments to the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration so that municipalities and wellbeing services counties would be reimbursed for the costs they incur for organising services to beneficiaries of temporary protection who have been granted a municipality of residence.

Due to the war in Ukraine, Finland is applying the temporary protection regime for the first time. The government therefore proposes to amend the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration (Integration Act).