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Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's 5.3 million, and we have calculated that a little bit more than one million Finns reside abroad. We know that in Canada--

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Learning about this issue is one--as Jari mentioned, in nearly all ratings, as far as competitiveness is concerned, standards of schools, we are number one in the world. But we receive very, very little foreign investment. One researcher said it's due to an aging population, due to demography.

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our ambassador and counsel to the committee.... As you just heard, Mr. VilĂ©n is from Lapland, where Santa Claus lives. If you have any wishes, you can tell him.

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On my background, I was Minister of Labour. I'm the mother of the first immigration law in Finland. Now it would be interesting to hear how your committee works. You said that you are finalizing some core points of your immigration law.

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for receiving us.

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You said we could share our experiences as far as immigration policy is concerned. We don't have any experience, in comparison to your tradition and history and what is happening right now. We are willing to learn from you, because we are aware that Europe is lacking in immigrants.

June 5th, 2006Committee meeting

Liisa Jaakonsaari