The Ripper
01-12-2011, 11:46 AM
The number of deportations of non-Finnish residents is on the rise. Last year there were three times as many deportations from Finland than in the year before. A person's criminal record is increasingly often the reason for being ousted from the country.
Officials began looking into the grounds for deportation after the shocking events at Espoo's Sello shopping centre on New Year's Eve 2009, when an immigrant with a criminal record shot dead six people, including himself.
Last year some 200 deportation orders were made in Finland, leading to just over 60 people being deported. Even more are expected this year.
Also last year, around 700 people without residence permits were turned away from Finland -- often because of criminal backgrounds. Officials say that thefts are the most common types of crime that will cause people to be turned away.
YLE
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/01/deportations_on_the_rise_in_finland_2280535.html
Officials began looking into the grounds for deportation after the shocking events at Espoo's Sello shopping centre on New Year's Eve 2009, when an immigrant with a criminal record shot dead six people, including himself.
Last year some 200 deportation orders were made in Finland, leading to just over 60 people being deported. Even more are expected this year.
Also last year, around 700 people without residence permits were turned away from Finland -- often because of criminal backgrounds. Officials say that thefts are the most common types of crime that will cause people to be turned away.
YLE
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/01/deportations_on_the_rise_in_finland_2280535.html