Ohjeet Ukrainasta saapuville suomeksi
Page updated March 23, 2022
If you have arrived from Ukraine and seek temporary protection status, services, and possible reception allowance, please register with the Oulu Reception Centre which serves also the Tyrnävä area. Here is how you register:
Registered Ukrainians are clients of reception centres and obtain the reception services from the reception centre where they have been registered (the principle of the nearest reception centre):
The State is responsible for arranging housing for asylum seekers. Ukrainians seeking asylum or temporary protection are registered by the Police or by Finnish Border Guards.
Person arriving from Ukraine can also go directly to the Oulu Reception Centre if the person is in instant and critical need of accommodation and reception services.
Essential and urgent need
The right to municipal services is determined by the person’s residential status. Everyone residing in Tyrnävä has the right to essential and urgent services, regardless of their residential status. In these situations, you can use the Tyrnävä Healthcare Centre during office hours, and during out of office hours the Oulu Region Joint Emergency Services.
Essential and urgent health issues:
Social services in Tyrnävä:
If you live in private accommodation, for instance with your relatives, your spouse or acquaintances, and you have registered with the police as an asylum seeker, the police will put you on record as a private accommodation client. You then have the opportunity to obtain reception services from the Oulu Reception Centre. No financial support is provided for costs arising from private accommodation. The right and guidance for children to attend school are received via the reception centre.
The police will report all asylum seekers living in private accommodation to the private accommodation unit, which will contact the asylum seeker. You will obtain, via the private accommodation unit, all the reception services you are entitled to, such as health care services, as well as a possible reception allowance if you are entitled for it.
Persons fleeing the war in Ukraine have the right to temporary protection. Temporary protection is intended for persons fleeing the war in Ukraine. The purpose of temporary protection is to enable them to be offered provisional protection quickly.
Temporary protection for those fleeing Ukraine (Finnish Immigration Service)
The Finnish Immigration Service Migri’s website provides instructions and advice on what to do when arriving in a foreign country. This information is given both in Finnish and English. The website also gives advice on the situation in Ukraine relating to, inter alia, asylum, residence permits, allowances, donations and giving assistance.
Frequently asked questions about Russia's attack on Ukraine (Finnish Immigration Service)
The City of Oulu’s multilingual counselling service provides information on the authorities, tips for various areas of life, as well as help with problem situations.
Counselling is offered in the following languages: English, Persian/Kurdish (Sorani), Arabic, Chinese/Japanese, Tigrinya, Somali and Russian.
InfoFinland is a multi-language website providing vital information to people planning to move to Finland and to immigrants already living in the country.
