Somalis in Helsinki: Executive Summary

• Main Authors: Abdirashid Ismail, Abdurasak Adam, Elina Tuusa, Marja Tiilikainen, Maryan Abdulkarim
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Open Society Foundations 2013
• Subjects: Community and Economic Development; Immigration; Race and Ethnicity; Leicester; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://issuelab.org/resources/36224/36224.pdf; https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/36224

Somalis in Helsinki explores the experiences of Somalis in employment, education, health, political participation, and policing as well as their sense of identity and belonging in Helsinki.Until recently, Finnish society had been somewhat homogenous but it is becoming increasingly diverse. People wi...