Reasons for immigration 19452006

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Title: Reasons for immigration 19452006

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Reasons for immigration1945-2006

Olari secondary school
8d
Espoo, Finland
2006

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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

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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 1950s
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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1660
The War of Viet Nam
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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

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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

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Ingrians

The country of Ingria was independent in the 17th
and the 18th centuries
After that it was annexed to Sweden
In the 1930s 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

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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

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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 dont have homes
and they have to be afraid all the time
Some parts of former Yugoslavia are still ruined
because of the civil war

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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

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Reasons for emigration
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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 hadnt been in the war and the standard of
living was higher there

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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

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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

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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
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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.

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Sources