Hallituksen pitäisi lopettaa resurssien tuhlaaminen kotouttamispalveluihin enemmän kuin ihmisten kotoutuminen

Yli vuosikymmenen Suomessa asuessani olen nähnyt uusien tulokkaiden aloittavan Kotoutumisen prosessin, käyvän läpi ja valmistuvan ilman konkreettista uraa tai elämänpolkua Suomessa.  


Tulos - monet siirtyvät harjoittelusta ja työ kokeesta toiseen.  Kun he eivät voi enää hyväksyä loputonta kierrettä, jotkut työskentelevät saadakseen kansalaisuuden ja muuttaakseen toiseen maahan. 

 

Suurin osa jäljelle jääneistä pysyy omissa kuplassaan, eivätkä koskaan kuulu täysin yhteiskuntaan ja elävät kauttakulkumatkalla.  Tämä valuu heidän perheeseensä sosiaalisesti, taloudellisesti ja poliittisesti.  


Suomi tarvitsee yhtenäisen yhteiskunnan ja osaavaa työvoimaa. Suuri osa ratkaisusta on jo täällä. 


Kotoutumisen suunnitelman tulee tarjota varhaiset ja kestävät yhteydet työelämään.  


Motivaatio kuulua ja vaikuttaa yhteiskuntaan, kommunikoida suomeksi tai ruotsiksi on korkeampi, jos se liittyy toimeentuloon.  




Suomen kotouttamislain 1 §:n mukaan sillä pyritään:

  1. Tukea ja edistää kotoutumista ja helpottaa maahanmuuttajien aktiivista roolia suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa
  2. Edistää positiivista vuorovaikutusta eri väestöryhmien välillä.


Hallituksen pitäisi lopettaa resurssien tuhlaaminen kotoutumisen palveluihin, jotka eivät kotouttua.  Tämä tarkoittaa tiedon saamista näiden palvelujen läpi käyneiden kokemuksista.  


Missä on ero ennen ja jälkeen?  Onko kotouttamisen tavoitteet saavutettu?


'Huomisen korjaamisen alkaa tänään'

#bilolaeduskuntaan

#TheresiaBilola2023

#kotoutuminen

#kotoutumislaki


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In my over a decade of living in Finland, I have seen newcomers start the integration process, go through and complete without any concrete career  or life path in Finland. 


The result: many go from one internship and job trial to another. When they can no longer accept the unending spiral, some work towards getting citizenship and moving to another country. 


For most who remain, they stay within their own bubbles, never fully belonging to society and living in transit. 


This trickles down into their families socially, economically and politically.


Finland needs a cohesive society and skilled workforce. A big portion of the solution is here already. The integration plan needs to provide early and lasting connections with the world of work. 


The motivation to belong and  contribute to society, to communicate in Finnish or Swedish is higher if it is linked to being able to earn a living. 


Section 1 of the Finnish integration law states that it aims to:

  1. Support and promote integration and make it easier for immigrants to play an active role in Finnish society
  2. Promote positive interaction between different population groups.


❕The government should stop wasting resources on  'integration' services that do not integrate.


 🌱This means getting information on the lived experiences of those who have gone through these services. 


❓Where is the difference between before and after? Have the goals for integration been met?

'Fixing tomorrow starts today'

#bilolaeduskuntaan

#TheresiaBilola2023

#kotoutuminen

#kotoutumislaki



Section 1

-to support and promote integration and make it easier for immigrants to play an active role in Finnish society

- positive interaction between different population groups.


Integration fails because lived experiences are not the starting point

All funding for integration programmes should include criteria on how these will include lived experiences of those being integrated.



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