At the end of 2010, there were 248,135 foreign born people residing in Finland, which corresponds to 4.6% of the population.

Population of Finland

At the end of 2010, there were 248,135 foreign born people residing in Finland, which corresponds to 4.6% of the population.

-Immigration has been a major factor of population growth and cultural change throughout Finland. Today there are 140,000 foreign born people residing in Finland. Immigrated people corresponds to 2.7% of the population of Finland. Numerous polls that were taken in 2010 Inicated that the majority of the people in Finland wants to stop Immigration to the country.

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-Recently published statistics show that last year Finland experienced record immigration levels. According to the national statistics agency, 29,100 people immigrated to Finland from foreign countries during 2008, while 13,650 people emigrated from the country. The net gain of 15,450 is the highest since the end of the Second World War. The majority of immigrants have arrived from other European countries, mainly EU states. Sweden has the largest number of immigrants arriving here, with 3,715 last year, followed by Estonia and the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation has the largest total number of immigrants in Finland.

-Regarding other continents, 2,258 people from Africa, 1,156 from North America, 5,384 from Asia, 303 from Oceania and 469 from South America last year moved to these shores. The largest numbers of people move here for work reasons. Finnish Immigration Service statistics show that residence permits were granted to 5,930 people last year on work-related grounds. Students and those moving for family reasons are also numerous. The Finnish Ministry of the Interior, which is the government department with overall responsibility for immigration affairs, specifically promotes immigration for work purposes, which coupled with the right of free movement in European states partly accounts for these figures.

Since 1997 immigration into Finland from other EU countries has been growing continuously, while emigration to EU countries has remained relatively stable. More recently, the high cost of living in Finland coupled with economic difficulties may be thought to have put the brakes on movement into Finland. Statistics Finland researcher Matti Saari suggest that the opposite is in fact true. “We had expected that the poor economic situation may have reduced the number of immigrants into the country, but in fact we were surprised looking at the latest figures that the trends appear to be continuing,” he said, pointing out that up to the end of May this year, 9,421 people had already moved to Finland in 2009. “The net gain looks to continue to increase at the moment,” he concludes, “but it may be that we still haven’t felt the full effects of economic recession or other contributory factors.”

Somalias in Finland

At the beginning of the year Finland had 11,881 residents speaking the Somali language as their mother tongue. About three fifths of them were born in Somalia.
Nobody knows what the figures will show ten years from now.
In recent years the number of Somali-speaking people in Finland has increased by nearly ten per cent in a year. Some of them are asylum seekers, and some are people who have been granted residence permits on the basis of family ties, while many are children who were born in Finland
In the Helsinki region, about half of the growth in the Somali population involves children born in Finland.

Russians in Finland

According to Russian Embassy in Finland, there are about 50,000 Russian-speaking people in Finland

A second major wave of immigration occurred after the fall of the Soviet Union. Many Russian guest workers came to Finland working in low-paying jobs. In the 1990s immigration to Finland grew, and Russian-speaking population which were descendants of Ingrian Finns immigrated to Finland. In the 2000s many nouveau riche Russians have bought estates in Eastern Finland.

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