Afghans in Finland or Finnish Afghans are people who have a background from Afghanistan and who live in Finland. People can be born in Afghanistan, have Afghan ancestors and/or be citizens of Afghanistan. , there were 11,437 persons born in Afghanistan living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Afghan citizenship was 9,003.
Migration In late 2015, about half of all the asylum seekers in Finland were Afghans, of which most have arrived through Sweden to Tornio. A large portion of Afghans in Finland are ethnic Hazaras. In 2018, Migri temporarily froze all Afghani applications. Deportations of Afghani asylum seekers has drawn criticism in Finland and other European countries. In 2018, 62% of Afghans asylum seekers received an asylum in Finland.
On 9 July 2021, Finland halted deportations to Afghanistan after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. In August 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Taliban offensive, Finland evacuated a total of 330 people from Afghanistan to Finland during a ten-day operation. 250 of them were Finnish citizens, people with residence permits in Finland, people who had worked at the Finnish Embassy in Kabul and their family members. 80 of them were Finland's quota evacuees consisting of Afghan workers for the European Union and NATO and their family members. A day after the operation, the total number of evacuees increased to 413 when 83 Finnish Embassy's security guards and their family members were evacuated to Finland with the help of the United States.
Demographics
People born in Afghanistan and living in Finland, according to Statistics Finland. Country of birth Afghanistan by municipality (2024) Municipality Population Whole country 10,936 Helsinki 2,350 Espoo 1,566 Vantaa 1,430 Tampere 1,379 Turku 580 Jyväskylä 383 Hämeenlinna 207 Lahti 201 Oulu 199 Vaasa 172 Kerava 153 Järvenpää 129 Pori 120 Hyvinkää 106 Mikkeli 91 Rovaniemi 91 Kirkkonummi 85 Kuopio 82 Jakobstad 78 Kotka 67 Salo 60 Tuusula 55 Nokia 52 Ylöjärvi 52 Iisalmi 48 Raisio 48 Lohja 46 Pirkkala 44 Joensuu 43 Kajaani 42 Sipoo 38 Kaarina 37 Uusikaupunki 36 Kouvola 35 Seinäjoki 35 Pieksämäki 33 Porvoo 33 Kangasala 30 Nurmijärvi 29 Äänekoski 29 Lappeenranta 28 Raahe 28 Savonlinna 26 Kauniainen 25 Kokkola 25 Mäntsälä 25 Rauma 24 Jämsä 22 Kemi 22 Karkkila 19 Tornio 19 Loimaa 17 Sotkamo 16 Heinola 15 Lempäälä 13 Valkeakoski 13 Lieto 12 Riihimäki 12 Pudasjärvi 11 Huittinen 10 Kristinestad 10 Korsholm 10
People with Afghan citizenship living in Finland according to Statistics Finland. Citizens of Afghanistan by municipality (2024) Municipality Population Whole country 9,237 Helsinki 1,727 Espoo 1,351 Vantaa 1,169 Tampere 1,082 Turku 443 Jyväskylä 374 Lahti 217 Oulu 194 Hämeenlinna 170 Vaasa 165 Kerava 154 Mikkeli 126 Järvenpää 121 Pori 120 Jakobstad 112 Kuopio 89 Kotka 75 Rovaniemi 75 Iisalmi 62 Kirkkonummi 62 Kajaani 53 Salo 53 Hyvinkää 52 Pirkkala 45 Sipoo 44 Joensuu 43 Kouvola 42 Tuusula 41 Kauniainen 40 Lohja 35 Uusikaupunki 32 Karkkila 31 Nokia 31 Kokkola 30 Raisio 30 Mäntsälä 29 Pieksämäki 29 Porvoo 28 Äänekoski 27 Jämsä 26 Raahe 26 Rauma 26 Nurmijärvi 25 Loimaa 23 Savonlinna 23 Heinola 21 Kangasala 19 Lappeenranta 19 Tornio 18 Kaarina 17 Korsholm 17 Seinäjoki 17 Kemi 16 Pudasjärvi 15 Sotkamo 15 Hollola 14 Hirvensalmi 11 Kristinestad 11 Orimattila 11 Riihimäki 11 Ylöjärvi 11 Lieto 10
Organizations Association of Finnish Afghan Associations.
Notable people
Fareed Sadat, footballer Mosawer Ahadi, footballer Moshtagh Yaghoubi, footballer Nasima Razmyar, politician
See also Afghan diaspora Immigration to Finland Anti-Afghan sentiment
References