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Finland Immigration is a both way flow of people from other countries to Finland as well as journey of Finnish people to other countries for some gain as they think. More than 300,000 people from Finland went to USA and Canada in the conjunction of 19th and 20th century to live a better life. It was 1640 when the first immigrants from Finland went to North America. They colonized by the river Delaware.
Marten Martensson was among the first immigrants from Finland. Finland Immigration from the country took place as they did not part in industrial revolution. Huge crop failure in 1867, unemployment, low wages, lack of land to distribute for farming to the younger members and avoiding to take part in the then Russian Army caused many Finnish to migrate to USA, Canada, Norway, Sweden. 1870 to 1930 is the time when it is denoted as 'the Great Migration' of Finnish people or Finns to North America.
On the contrary, immigration in Finland took place in large scale. Finland was filled with about 152,000 residents in 2002 who were born outside Finland. Russian, Estonian and Swedish immigrants form most of the population in Finland. Immigrants in Finland are less compared to other European countries. However, it is growing.
Finnish children are less in number than those of the Finland Immigrants. Finland Immigrants have generated a phobia of in security among native Finnish. However, immigrants' children will be a great asset of Finland in future. Finnish government need to develop a clear policy for immigration and to combine the Finnish and Finland Immigrants focusing to national integrity.
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