Immigration Services
Asylum seekers and other migrants crossing the Mediterranean irregularly often view Italy as both a transit and host country. Italy has in recent years received the largest number of trans-Mediterranean…
The company that used to supply payment cards to the Prison and Probation Service and the Finnish Immigration Service, PFS, has been placed in liquidation. Arrangements to transfer the remaining…
The Finnish Immigration Service has rectified the procurement decisions it made in March concerning new reception centres. The decisions concern reception operations in eight geographical areas. The Finnish Immigration Service…
We take a break from Immigration News to bring you a very special episode with mindfulness coach and embodied movement educator Timothy Lewis.In this episode attorney Lin Walker talks with…
The Finnish Immigration Service steers and monitors the activities of the assistance system for victims of human trafficking. To ensure that the steering and monitoring are systematic and transparent, the…
In its PERM recruitment process, which is required to sponsor foreign nationals for employment-based permanent residence, Apple showed a preference for employees with temporary work visas instead of qualified and…
In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Agency) on October 23, 2023, DHS proposes to create a “Use or Lose”…
Three major elections in June and July reshuffled the European political scene, with possible effects on the direction of migration policymaking. Across the continent, the far right achieved major victories…
Immigration of skilled workers remains high, and more and more people are bringing their families to Finland. The high number of asylum seekers from the EU has not yet been…
Refugee labor pathways, which focus on helping displaced people with in-demand skills access existing economic immigration channels, have attracted considerable attention in recent years. The appeal is two-fold: From a…