{"id":24630,"date":"2026-02-17T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&#038;p=24630"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:24:16","slug":"tyovelvoite-16-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/uutinen\/tyovelvoite-16-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government\u2019s Immigration Policy Is Undermining Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24630\" class=\"elementor elementor-24630\" data-elementor-post-type=\"uutinen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3320e114 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3320e114\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3687c425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3687c425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Government Programme states that the primary means of integration into Finnish society is \u201cthe rapid entry of immigrants into the labour market.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 16 February, Helsingin Sanomat reported that Minister of Finance Riikka Purra is proposing a work obligation model for immigrants similar to the Danish system. In Denmark, such obligations operate alongside a strong and well-resourced integration and employment services framework. In Finland, however, the government has cut precisely those structures that would be needed to support the tightened integration requirements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Few people choose to remain dependent on last-resort social assistance. A work obligation penalises those who face barriers to employment and who would need support from the system to improve their situation. As a result, the model risks creating only superficial employment, where people perform meaningless tasks and are compensated through social benefits instead of receiving proper wages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The reform is proposed to apply solely to immigrants, who already face significant barriers to employment. This raises serious concerns about equality. Solutions must be designed to strengthen everyone\u2019s opportunities to enter the labour market. If the model genuinely improves employment prospects, it should be applied to all.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hallitusohjelmassa todetaan, ett\u00e4 ensisijaisena keinona kotoutua suomalaiseen yhteiskuntaan on \u201cmaahanmuuttajien nopea siirtyminen ty\u00f6markkinoille\u201d.\u00a0 Helsingin Sanomat uutisoi 16.2. valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purran esitt\u00e4v\u00e4n Tanskan mallin mukaista ty\u00f6velvoitetta maahanmuuttajille. Tanskassa velvoitteiden rinnalla toimii vahva ja resursoitu kotoutumis- ja ty\u00f6llistymispalveluiden kokonaisuus. Suomessa hallitus on leikannut juuri niist\u00e4 rakenteista, joiden tuella kiristetyt kotoutumisen ehdot pit\u00e4isi t\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4.\u00a0 Harva p\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4\u00e4 j\u00e4\u00e4d\u00e4 riippuvaiseksi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":20563,"menu_order":149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24630","uutinen","type-uutinen","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/24630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutinen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24630"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/24630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24634,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/24630\/revisions\/24634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}