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Finland is a member of the EU and thus the EU directives are binding in Finland. Finland has approved Kyoto protocol. Finland has at the state level approved that human-induced greenhouse gases cause global warming. Despite this, the most harmful use of peat as energy has been financially promoted by the Finnish government since 2005.
Finland has adopted a Housing First policy, whereby social services assign homeless individuals homes first, and issues like mental health and substance abuse are treated second. [4] [5] Since its launch in 2008, the number of homeless people in Finland has decreased by roughly 30%, [1] though other reports indicate it could be up to 50%. [6]
Finland was among the top five greenhouse gas emitters in 2001, on a per capita basis. [1] Emissions increased to 58.8 million tonnes in 2016. [2] Finland needs to triple its current cuts to emissions in order to be carbon neutral by 2035. [3] Finland relies on coal and peat for its energy, but plans to phase out coal by 2029. [4]
Finland, which shares a 1,340-km (830-mile) border with Russia, joined NATO last year in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the war has strained ties between ...
Somali speaking population in Finland has grown from zero to 21,000 between 1990 and 2018. 55% of Somalis in Finland are unemployed, the highest of any ethnic group in Finland. In 2014, Finland took 1,030 quota refugees, and an additional 3,651 people sought asylum. Of the asylum seekers, 1,346 were positive and 2,050 negative.
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The legal provisions of Finland's Aliens' Act are discriminatory and subject ethnic minorities to racial profiling by the police. [9] According to ECRI, the majority of people in Finland don't know enough about the Sámi people (an Indigenous ethnic minority in Finland) and are not taught enough about Sámi people and culture in school. [9]