Fewer Foreign-Language Residents in Finland Rely on Welfare Benefits
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Fewer foreign-language residents in Finland rely on welfare benefits
A smaller share of Finland’s growing foreign-language population receives basic social assistance and unemployment benefits than a decade ago, according to figures released by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Kela, on Wednesday. Kela data shows that the number of people whose registered mother tongue is not Finnish, Swedish or Sámi rose by more than 70 per cent between 2017 and 2025, from 373,000 to 646,000.
In eight years, there has been a change in the support received by people speaking foreign languages.
According to Kela, the proportion of foreign-language speakers in the Finnish population has increased significantly over almost ten years.
Fewer people with foreign mother tongues receive social assistance or unemployment benefits from Kela than before – a development that may indicate higher employment, according to the authority.
A smaller share of Finland's foreign-speaking population receives social assistance or unemployment benefit than before, says Kela. The share of recipients of basic social assistance among Finland's foreign-speaking adult population has decreased since 2017. At that time, about 23 percent of foreign-speaking adults received social assistance, while last year the corresponding share was 18 percent. The same trend is visible in labor market suppor…
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