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30 December 2010

Finland: Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration

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The purpose of this Act is to support and promote integration and make it easier for immigrants to play an active role in Finnish society. The purpose of the Act is also to promote gender equality and non-discrimination and positive interaction between different population groups.

For the purposes of this Act:

1) integration means interactive development involving immigrants and society at large, the aim of which is to provide immigrants with the knowledge and skills required in society and working life and to provide them with support, so that they can maintain their culture and language;

2) integration also means the multi-sectoral promotion and support of integration referred to in paragraph 1 using the measures and services provided by the authorities and other parties.

'Download the document' (Unofficial translation by Ministry of Employment and the Economy in English)

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Authors
Finnish parliament
Geographic area
Finland
Contributor type
National governmental actor
Original source
Posted by
Lilli Kojo
Author

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