The Ministry of the Interior of Finland has announced that it will extend the validity of residence permits for Ukrainian refugees on the basis of temporary protection.. According to the ministry, the bill will be extended from September 12, 2022 to March 31, 2023, according to SchengenVisaInfo.. com.

As explained in the ministry, refugees from Ukraine will not need to apply for an extension of a residence permit..

In addition, the ministry said that the residence permit card is issued to Ukrainians so that they can prove that they are in Finland legally, in order to avoid possible complications in their daily life in this country..

“Unfortunately, it looks like the war in Ukraine will continue for a long time.. This means that the need for assistance will also continue.. Our duty is to stand on the side of Ukraine and help the war refugees who have arrived in Finland,” Interior Minister Krista Mikkonen said, commenting on the extension of the law.

Finland issued a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection to about 37,000 people who left Ukraine. It is assumed that by the end of the year there will be about 48,000 of them,” the ministry said in a statement..

A recent online survey conducted by the same ministry showed that of the 2,136 interviewed Ukrainian refugees who resettled in Finland, about 27% said they no longer plan to return to Ukraine..

Such data show that a third or 33 percent of them decided to return to Ukraine after the end of the war..

According to the survey data, about 51 percent of respondents applied for temporary protection in Finland due to Finland's good reputation. At the same time, 43 percent applied from friends and relatives, and another 18 percent for the purpose of employment and study..

It was also reported that only 22% of Ukrainian refugees in Poland plan to return to their homeland by the beginning of winter..

You can read about the difficulties Ukrainian refugees face in an article on the ZN website.. U.A..