summary finland migration

Reasons for immigration1945-2006: 

Reasons for immigration 1945-2006 Olari secondary school 8d Espoo, Finland 2006

Chile: 

Chile Civil War of Chile 1973-1977 Push: Dictator Augusto Pinochet used violence against his political opposition Thousands of communists were killed and tortured USA supported Pinochet overthrowing Salvador Allende’ s communist government The Cold War disturbed international crisis help in Chile Pull: Standard of living was higher in Finland

Viet Nam: 

Viet Nam The first Vietnamese refugees came to Finland in 1979 Most of the refugees were ”boat refugees” Push: Viet Nam was ruined by the wars in the 1950’s against France and 1964-1975 against the USA The communist party won the war and it became the only allowed party in Viet Nam High rates of unemployment Societal change Bad economic situation

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The War of Viet Nam 1660

The Vietnamese in Finland:: 

The Vietnamese in Finland: There are now 4,000 Vietnamese –speaking people in Finland Many of them were born in Finland The Vietnamese are known as hard workers and proper people

The immigration to Finland from the collapsed Soviet Union: 

The immigration to Finland from the collapsed Soviet Union The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 Thousands of Estonians wanted to emigrate to Finland Ingrians are Finnish-related people, who were registered as remigrants and moving to Finland was very easy for them Few immigrants from the other ethnic minorities of the former Soviet Union also moved to Finland The number of immigrants has lowered because the standard of living in the former Soviet Union has improved The Russians are now the biggest minority which lives in Finland

Ingrians: 

Ingrians The country of Ingria was independent in the 17th and the 18th centuries After that it was annexed to Sweden In the 1930’s Stalin persecuted Ingrians and moved them to Siberia In the WW II 63,000 Ingrians were evacuated to Finland After the war Stalin took them back Nowadays there are 25,000 Ingrians in Finland

Immigration from former Yugoslavia: 

Immigration from former Yugoslavia Reasons for immigration There were several ethnic groups in Yugoslavia In the 1990s Croatians and Slovenians declared independence Serb nationalist Slobodan Milosevic became the president of Yugoslavia The position of other peoples became worse Later also Bosnia-Hertzegovina wanted independence and the civil war began In 1998 the war spread to Albania and Kosovo In 1999 Nato bombed Belgrad and the war ended

Immigration from former Yugoslavia: 

Immigration from former Yugoslavia Immigrants in Finland There are now 4,300 people from former Yugoslavia in Finland Many people just jumped onto a bus and hoped that the bus will take them to a better place. For many the only chance to stay alive was to run away. In their home country refugees don’t have homes and they have to be afraid all the time Some parts of former Yugoslavia are still ruined because of the civil war

Somalia: 

Somalia The Civil war of Somalia 1991- Push: Constant political unrest and violence Has had no stable government since dictator Barre’ s government was overthrown Lack of medical supplies, food and clean water Poor economic situation High rates of birth and child death Pull: Higher standard of living Stable political situation Working places available

Reasons for emigration: 

Reasons for emigration

Emigration to Sweden: 

Emigration to Sweden About 200,000 Finns migrated to Sweden in the hope of getting a job and money after the WW II The highest emigration rates were in 1969-1970 Later some emigrants have returned when the economy of Finland has reached as high a level as in Sweden Push The employment rate in Finland was low after the WW II Sweden hadn’t been in the war and the standard of living was higher there

Emigration to Sweden: 

Emigration to Sweden Pull It is easy to emigrate and return if needed There was no need for a visa Swedish factories needed more labour Salaries were higher in Sweden All the Finns have to study Swedish so we know the language

Brain drain from and to Finland: 

Brain drain from and to Finland There are very few foreign workers in Finland High taxes make moving to Finland seem unwise Finns are very highly educated but they quite seldom move abroad, because there are lots of hi-tech companies in Finland Usually when Finns move abroad they will work for a company known in Finland

Finns going after the Sun: 

Finns going after the Sun In the 1960s Finnish economy improved and people could travel abroad by plane Because winters are cold and dark in Finland, the main destinations have always been Spain and later Florida Nowadays there are about 40,000 – 55,000 seasonal emigrants Seasonal emigrants are mostly retired citizens who spend their winters in Spain or Florida

Finns going after the Sun: 

Finns going after the Sun Costa del Sol (in Spain) is the most popular destination There are approx. 5,000 Finns living permanently and 20,000 – 30,000 seasonal emigrants in the area In Florida there are 7,000 permanently living Finns and 20,000 – 25,000 seasonal emigrants in the area The number of the emigrants will grow in the future, because “the large age groups” which were born after the WW II will retire soon. 

Sources: 

Sources Refugees from Viet Nam: www.lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/suvaitsevaisuus/pakjaulk/venepako.html www.edu.vantaa.fi/peltola/saittiskaba/vietnam.html www05.turku.fi/kulttuurikeskus/kvk/kulttuurit/viet.html

Sources: 

Sources Emigrants after the sun: Kaleidoskooppi 8, Tammi fi.wikipedia.org kemppinen.blogspot.com merimieskirkko.fi discount-spanish-property.co.uk utu.fi suomenkirkkoespanjassa.net cartinafinland.fi info-costa.co.uk suomiespanjaseura.fi

Sources: 

Sources The migration to Sweden: www.wikipedia.fi TASAVALLAN TIELLÄ, Meinander, 1999 Schildts Suomen historian käännekohtia, WSOY 2003 

Sources: 

Sources Brain drain in Finland: http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/doc.ot?d_id=83738 http://global.finland.fi/uutiset/teksti_popup.php?id=5351 http://www.nakokulma.net/index.php?topic=3214.10

Sources: 

Sources Emigration from former Yugoslavia to Finland: www.edu.vantaa.fi/peltola/saittiskaba/etusivu.html www.wikipedia.org www.mol.fi

Sources: 

Sources Finland and Ingrian people: www.inkeri.spb.ru www.inkeri.com www.wikipedia.fi www.uta.fi/laitokset/norssi/paluu.html

Sources: 

Sources Chiles revolution: http://www.iberosaatio.fi/salvadorallende.htm http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet