Pakolaiset
Pakolaiset is Finnish for refugees, referring to people who have fled their country due to a credible fear of persecution or serious harm. They typically escape because of reasons related to race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion, and they are outside their country of origin and unable or unwilling to seek protection there. A related term is asylum seeker, a person who has applied for international protection and whose claim has not yet been finally decided. Another related category is internally displaced persons, who remain within their own country.
International law provides protection principles for refugees, most notably non-refoulement, which prohibits returning a person to
Globally, displacement is driven by armed conflict, persecution, and disasters, leading to millions of refugees and
In Finland, pakolaiset are processed by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). Those granted protection receive residence