Suomi/Finland

Finland Capital: Helsinki Not much people, there are about 5,5 million people There are about 16 people per squarekilometer We have a lot of lakes and islands (lakes; 187 888, islands; 179 584) Traditions; sauna (beer), summer cottage near a lake (Midsummer/juhannus), cold winter (winter sports, Santa Claus), baseball  Official languages: Swedish, sign language, Finnish, Saame Traditional foods; mämmi (with cream), Karelianstew and –pies, ryebread, liver casserole (with lingonberrysauce), fried muikku (little fish)  salmiakki (salty liqourice), coffee, chocolate We live in Porvoo Third oldest town in Finland (Turku is the oldest) Not so far from Helsinki (50km) Porvoos old town is famous around Finland and the world for being "the summertown" Many tourists visit our old town in summer, but also some come in winter. You usually spot them for being a loud group of people taking pictures of the buildings and Finnish people (usually blond) Näsi's rock

Porvoo International college We have a finance & marketing programme and a social & health care programme at our school Point College is a vocational college, about 700 students and 70 people working here At our school we can study social & health care in Finnish, but finance & marketing - in Finnish, Swedish and English Our school provides a shorter degree for people who already have a degree when they come to study here. Example; high school, vocational school  People from all over the world study at Point College, so we have many nationalities at our school We are going to have a new school building in year 2019 and now we have a goal to get all the walls filled with paintings by the students before the old school is wrecked down  http://www.pointcollege.fi/ 

What is EU The EU has a duty to prevent and reduce illegal immigration, in particular by implementing an effective return policy that respects fundamental rights  The EU has the power to determine the conditions of entry and residence for third country nationals legally resident and resident in a Member State, including family reunification. Member States still have the right to decide on the number of third-country nationals entering their territory for job-seeking purposes

The goal The aim is to develop a common policy on asylum and subsidiary and temporary protection, which will give appropriate status to all third- country nationals who need international protection and to ensure compliance with the principle of non-refoulement. The reform of the common European asylum system aims to ensure that asylum policy is effective, fair and respectful of human dignity. At the same time, it is hoped that asylum policy will be subject to common and uniform EU-level rules, and that the system for distributing asylum seekers among the EU countries will be sustainable and effective.

Meet the team! Fadumo Ismael Muse Laura Penttinen Janina Hyttinen Sara Andersson Irina Bobretsova