A total of 6003,50 people left Russia for Finland last year, according to Statistics Finland. Russia is followed by Sweden, India, Estonia and the Philippines as the main countries of origin.
Immigration to Finland has increased overall, with nearly 000,29 people settling in the country, compared to an average of 000,36 to 000,<> in recent years. "You can see that Russia has many push factors at the moment, of course related to the war in Ukraine," Johannes Hirvela, director of development at the Finnish Immigration Service, said.