Afghans in Finland

Finnish Afghans are people from Afghanistan living in Finland.

Finnish Afghans
Total population
9,667 (2018)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Uusimaa4,585 (0.27%)
Pirkanmaa1,548 (0.30%)
Southwest Finland743 (0.16%)
Central Finland517 (0.19%)
Languages
Finnish · Languages of Afghanistan
Religion
Islam, Christianity[2]
Related ethnic groups
Afghans in the Netherlands, Afghans in Sweden, Afghan diaspora

Migration

In late 2015, about half of all the asylum seekers in Finland were Afghans, of which most have arrived through Sweden to Tornio.[3] A large portion of Afghans in Finland are ethnic Hazaras. In 2018, Migri temporarily froze all Afghani applications. Deportations of Afghani asylum seekers has drawn criticism in Finland and other European countries.[4] In 2018, 62% of Afghans asylum seekers received an asylum in Finland.[5]

Organizations
  • Association of Finnish Afghan Associations.[6]

Notable people

References
  1. Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  2. Hundreds of asylum seekers in Finland converting from Islam to Christianity. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  3. UUTISET, MTV (2015-11-11). "Joka toinen turvapaikkaa Suomesta hakeva on afgaani – mikä saa afganistanilaiset pakenemaan?". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. Suomi, Uusi. "Migri jäädytti afganistanilaisten turvapaikkahakemukset – "Tällä hetkellä emme tee päätöksiä"". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. Saarela, Petri (2018-08-06). "62 prosenttia afganistanilaisista hakijoista on saanut tänä vuonna turvapaikan Suomesta". Kansalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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