Migrants who cannot support themselves are a problem in Finland, where unemployment among people born in non-EU countries is the second highest in the Union
In Finland, unemployment can be measured in two ways One way is to measure the number of people actively looking for work, where statistics show that there were 214 000 jobseekers in the country in August this year, an increase of 22 000 from the previous year.
Another method is to look at the jobseeker register of the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, which also includes people receiving unemployment benefits Looking at the latest statistics, 315,000 people were unemployed in June 2024, an increase of 31,000 from 2023
Unemployment among non-EU nationals has been significantly higher than among the rest of the population over the past five years Although unemployment among immigrants in Finland decreased shortly after the coronavirus crisis, it has increased by around 20% in recent years
In June this year, it was mainly unemployed people from Ukraine, which is thought to be explained by the fact that many have come to Finland because of the war and not to find work The unemployment rate for Russian citizens was almost as high, and the number of Iranians was also high, and it is noted that there are more unemployed than employed people in Finland among this group.
As for foreign-born people, there were no major differences in the gender of the unemployed, but among Finns, unemployment increased mainly for men