Kela: Fewer and Fewer Foreign-Speaking People Receive Social Assistance or Unemployment Benefits
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In eight years, there has been a change in the support received by people speaking foreign languages.
According to Kela, the proportion of foreign-language speakers in the Finnish population has increased significantly over almost ten years.
Fewer people with foreign mother tongues receive social assistance or unemployment benefits from Kela than before – a development that may indicate higher employment, according to the authority.
A smaller share of Finland's foreign-speaking population receives social assistance or unemployment benefit than before, says Kela. The share of recipients of basic social assistance among Finland's foreign-speaking adult population has decreased since 2017. At that time, about 23 percent of foreign-speaking adults received social assistance, while last year the corresponding share was 18 percent. The same trend is visible in labor market suppor…
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