Maahanmuuttajien asunnottomuus
Homelessness among immigrants
MONIHELIN SELVITYS YHTEISTYÖSSÄ YMPÄRISTÖMINISTERIÖN PAAVO 2 –OHJELMAN KANSSA
Tietoa asunnottomuudesta on paljon, mutta tiedon lisäksi tarvitaan aktiivista toimintaa. Asunnottomuudesta puhutaan aktiivisesti Suomen mediassa, yhtälailla kuin maailmallakin. Asunnottomaksi voi päätyä kuka tahansa.
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HOMELESSNESS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA
REPORT BY MONIHELI IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTERY OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S PAAVO 2- PROGRAMME
Homelessness is a serious global problem and this is no different in Finland. Although the country has succeeded in largely reducing homelessness, the problem persists. Recently, there has even been a concerning upward trend in homelessness throughout the country, especially in the Helsinki metropolitan region.
As the capital of Finland, Helsinki offers significant employment, educational and recreational prospects to its residents. This explains why there’s a rush to move there from different parts of the country. In addition, Helsinki is home to a large number of immigrants who move there to improve their quality of life.
With no signs of the recession fading, homelessness among immigrants is steadily on the rise. Therefore a comprehensive study on this grim situation is needed, especially given the fact that Helsinki - or Finland, for that matter - is becoming increasingly more multicultural. This poses a serious challenge to the host Finnish society - which has remained broadly homogeneous - to tackle issues related to this problem.
Hence PAAVO II is crucial to get even closer to the bottom of this gigantic problem by working closely with experts, cooperation partners and the immigrants who can give us valuable insight into the problems they are facing. The aim remains to reduce homelessness by educating and empowering the immigrant population and coming up with concrete and humane solutions for this crisis. This would further help the immigrants to integrate into the Finnish society.
By pursuing this study, hopefully a model to reduce homelessness will emerge and be replicated by other societies all over the planet, especially Western societies. Moniheli aims to achieve this in cooperation with all its valued partners and member associations.