In recent years, immigration to Finland from abroad has seen a notable increase and become more varied. As the situation changes, multiculturalism and multilingualism will have an ever greater role in Finnish society. Growth in immigration is creating the need to develop public services, while the importance of specific integration measures is increasing.
Through the Government Resolution on the Government Integration Programme, the planning, implementation and monitoring of integration measures are being enhanced at national level. Integration policy is strongly multidisciplinary in its content and requires close cooperation between various administrative branches. The Government Integration Programme is an extensive and concrete action plan, taking the needs of the immigrant population into account through integration in all policy sectors, especially within employment, education, housing and social and healthcare services.