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Finland: demand for permissive policy

01 July 1995

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Finland, being a country with a low acceptance of refugees has been urged by a new leadership to open up its borders. Recently journalists reported that, the president of State, Mr Martti Ahtisaari demanded a more liberal policy towards refugees. Ahtisaari, a former UN Deputy Secretary-General and a diplomat to several African countries, was elected president last year. Following general elections in March, the new Finnish minister of the Interior, Mr Jan-Erik Enestam, has also announced more permissive guidelines on foreigners and refugees. Enestam represents the liberal SFP party, which mainly draws its support among the Swedish minority of Finland. In 1994 less than 900 refugees and asylum-seekers arrived in Finland.

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