No one refused: almost 33,000 Ukrainians receive temporary protection in Finland
32,700 Ukrainians applied to Finland for temporary protection after russia invaded Ukraine
Such data is provided by the Migration Service of Finland (Migri), Yle reports.
As noted, as of July 17, the service also studied 395 applications for temporary protection from citizens of other countries.
Migri has decided on 31,600 applications, almost 31,400 of which have been positive.
Consideration of other applications was interrupted for various reasons.
This year, Finland has not taken a single unfavorable decision on applications for temporary protection, the Migration Service reports.
The expected time for processing an application for temporary protection is one week.
We'll remind you that Ireland suspended the visa-free regime for refugees from most of Europe to make room for Ukrainians.
How is Finland helping Ukraine?
Finland has been delivering defense aid to Ukraine since russia launched a war on Ukraine. The Finnish government has sent the package, including 2,500 assault rifles, 150,000 cartridges for the attack rifles, and 1,500 single-shot anti-tank weapons. Finland also supplied 70,000 combat ration packages to Ukraine.
Since the start of the year, Finland has granted EUR 15 million to Ukraine in additional humanitarian aid and development cooperation funds. Of this sum, EUR 9.2 million in humanitarian assistance is directed to those in need through the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
In early May, it was reported that Finland would provide Ukraine with 70 million euros worth of aid and military equipment. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, at the international conference on assistance to Ukraine in Warsaw.
Ukraine and Finland have continued implementing the Finnish Support To Reform Ukrainian School project until 2023. The project provides financial support for educational reform from Finland worth EUR 6 million and up to EUR 2 million from the European Union. Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, and Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, signed the agreement during a meeting in Kyiv in May.
In addition to assisting Finland in rebuilding and reforming the education sector, Denys Shmyhal and Sanna Marin agreed to involve Finland in the future reconstruction of Ukraine's infrastructure using advanced technologies and European parameters and to participate in the rebuilding of Ukrainian cities and towns.
On June 10, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö approved the government's proposal to send more military equipment to Ukraine. The Defense Ministry stressed that it would not disclose any content or schedule information about the assistance.
"Finland will not forget Ukraine and Ukrainians. We continue to help, and we're sending a new package of defense equipment," the Minister of Defense Antti Kaikkonen added. The government compiled Finland's additional military-technical assistance package considering the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resource capacity of their own Defense Forces.
Yle reported that Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland, agreed to the government's proposal to provide Ukraine with another aid package worth over €20 million. This will be the seventh assistance package provided by Finland.
