We support refugees and help them integrate into Finnish society.
We offer guidance, advice and basic information about Finnish society, social services, social security, housing, Finnish language learning, health services and family reunification. Refugees can apply for supplementary and preventive social assistance through Immigration Services.
A refugee can be a client of Immigration Services for a maximum of three years starting from the first time they are registered in the Population Information System.
Service counselling and new clients
Immigration Services provides service counselling with limited staff due to the coronavirus situation. New clients are received by service counselling staff at the office.
Service counselling is provided at the Immigration Services office in Matinkylä. Address: Pyyntitie 3. Remember to take a queue number.
Service counselling opening hours and availability of interpreters:
- Monday 9:00–11:00 (Arabic and Dari), 12:00–15:00 (Arabic)
- Tuesday 12:00–15:00 (Arabic and Dari)
- Wednesday closed
- Thursday 9:00–11:00 and 12:00–15:00 (Arabic)
- Friday 9:00–12:00 (Dari, also Tigrinya every other Friday)
The queue number system is closed 15 minutes before the office closes.
You can also contact us by phone, tel. 043 827 3417.
On-call service of social work and social work to support the integration of people over 30
Urgent social welfare services are provided at the same location.
Immigration Services service counselling, tel. 043 827 3417. The on-call service also deals with undocumented immigrants’ matters.
Our partners can contact the on-call service via the City of Espoo switchboard, tel. 09 816 21, or by sending an email to paivystys.maahanmuuttajapalvelut@espoo.fi. Please do not send sensitive personal information via email because our email address is not encrypted.
Eeva Ström, Senior Social Worker, tel. 040 509 6764
Social work to support the integration of people over 30
Social workers’ telephone numbers
- Maaro Niskanen, tel. 040 639 4217
- Maura Nurmi, tel. 040 554 1555
Social counsellor’s telephone number
- Arto Klemola, tel. 040 162 6755
Social work to support the integration of families with children
Senior Social Worker, recruitment in progress
Social workers' direct telephone numbers
- 050 563 1549
- 040 506 0457
- 040 639 4070
- 040 639 4018
Social counsellors' direct telephone numbers
- 043 826 8653
- 040 550 3130
- 043 826 9472
Counsellors’ telephone numbers
- 050 351 2107
- 050 525 0510
- 050 548 2917
- 040 572 9039
Social work to support the integration of under 30-year-old adults
Aino-Marja Kairamo, Senior Social Worker, tel. 043 826 8747
Social workers' telephone numbers
- 043 826 3458
- 040 551 4385
- 040 553 8894
Social counsellors' telephone numbers
- 043 825 8655
- 043 827 3390
- 040 551 5325
Counsellors’ telephone numbers
- 050 525 0511
- 040 506 4563
Nurses of Immigrations Services
Nurses’ telephone numbers
- 046 877 1166
- 050 331 1494
- 043 826 7479
Unaccompanied minors
Espoo’s group home accommodates asylum seekers who arrive in Finland as minors without a guardian.
- Marko Uuttu, Service Supervisor, tel. 043 826 7670
- Jaanika Aho, Supervising Counsellor, tel. 040 639 3946
- Kari Liimatainen, Supervising Counsellor, tel. 040 639 4130
- Fadumo Mohamed, Nurse, tel. 046 877 1606
Kivenlahti and Hirviportti family group homes
Family group homes accommodate unaccompanied, underage young people who have been granted a residence permit. The main responsibility of the units is to provide care and education for the young people and support their integration process.
- Teija Savolainen, Service Supervisor, tel. 046 877 1270
- Hirviportti family group home, Soraja Harjula, Supervising Counsellor, tel. 040 508 2922
- Kivenlahti family group home, Matleena Mensah, Supervising Counsellor, tel. 050 553 0599
Social work for unaccompanied minors
- Riitta Moghaddam, Senior Social Worker, tel. 046 877 1918
- Group home, social worker, tel. 040 506 4306
- Group home, private accommodation, social worker, tel. 050 306 8242
- Group home, private accommodation, social counsellor, tel. 040 506 7798
- Young people with a residence permit, social worker, tel. 043 826 8321
- Integrating family care, social worker, tel. 040 141 6542
- Integrating family care, social counsellor, tel. 040 509 9254
Integrating after-care
Young people who arrive in Finland without a guardian at the age of 18–20 are entitled to after-care services. The purpose of after-care is to support young people’s independent living, employment and studies.
Laura Rapo, Senior Social Worker, tel. 040 506 8272
Social workers' telephone numbers
- 043 827 2528
- 040 508 3047
- 043 825 6017
- 043 826 7589
Social counsellors' telephone numbers
- 043 825 6293
- 043 826 8363
- 040 507 4547
- 040 639 3838
Psychiatric nurse, tel. 040 639 4180