Foreign students in Finland could lose residency over a single welfare claim

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A proposed bill in Finland could strip foreign students of their residency permits if they apply for social assistance. This initiative is part of a broader trend towards stricter immigration policies affecting students.

Foreign students in Finland would lose their residence permits if they apply for basic social assistance, even once, under a bill the government sent to parliament as part of a broader push to tighten the country's study-based immigration system.