The Ministry of the Interior will propose an increase of Finland’s refugee quota to 2,000 in the government’s budget negotiations, Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) has told Yle.
Finland’s current refugee quota is 1,050 people. The quota system shares out refugees among EU member states according to a calculation based on key data such as GDP, unemployment figures and national population.
Looks like Ohisalo doesn’t pay attention to internal security and and population’s opinion. Probably she forgot about sexual crimes committed by migrants. Probably she will pay them unemployment benefit personally. The next step is “Welcome Taliban” banner near the Ministry.
The proposed increase has been prompted in part by the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, Ohisalo said, following the Taliban’s rapid advance and capture of much of the country.
“There is a risk that people will start moving as soon as they get out of there,” Ohisalo said in an interview with Yle’s Ylen Aamu programme.
The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) said on Wednesday that bringing Afghan refugees to Finland from Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries would require a political decision on quotas.
Ohisalo told Ylen Aamu she believed increasing the refugee quota was the right move as taking people into Finland directly from refugee camps through the quota system is the most effective way to help people fleeing Afghanistan.
Ohisalo: EU more ready to accept refugees than in 2015
According to Ohisalo, EU interior ministers gathered at a meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan this week appeared more open to receiving refugees than during the migrant crisis of 2015-16.
“It is clear that Europe will see the movement of these people, and therefore every EU member state must be prepared for this,” Ohisalo said.
“We need to support people there as much as possible, but also take responsibility if people come here,” Ohisalo added.
On Wednesday a Migri official told Yle they were preparing for refugees to arrive from Afghanistan, but did not expect the situation to escalate suddenly.
“It will be interesting to see how much and in what time frame the situation in Afghanistan affects us here in Finland. Probably to some degree, but the scale is hard to envisage at this point,” Pekka Nuutinen, the director of Migri’s reception unit said.
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