The number of asylum seekers placed in reception centres, it explains, will be higher than anticipated as a result of an increase in the number of appeals against asylum decisions.

The Finnish Government has proposed that an additional 38 million euros be allocated for costs arising from immigration, despite estimating that the number of asylum seekers arriving in the country this year will fall short of projections.

The Government proposes in its third supplementary budget for the year that the appropriations for refugees and asylum seekers be raised by 110 million euros. The appropriations for integration, in turn, are to be cut by 30 million euros due to the lower-than-anticipated number of asylum applicants and those for unemployment benefits by 32.2 million euros due to a clarification of immigration-related costs.

The Government also says it has raised its estimate for annual tax revenues by 608 million euros, with data collected in the first half of the year indicating that revenues from the income tax, capital income tax, corporate tax and value-added tax will exceed expectations.

Revenues from the inheritance and gift tax, on the other hand, are to fall short of expectations, according to the data.

Aleksi Teivainen – HT

Photo: Roni Rekomaa – Lehtikuva

Source: Uusi Suomi