Finland

Tampere University supports students arriving from Ukraine

Tampere University offers study opportunities to degree students who arrive in Finland due to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The University grants rights to study in Open University and non-degree courses.Students who obtain a right to study are exempt from tuition fees. Moreover, researchers can apply for fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts. Tampere University’s English-language studies are aimed at bachelor’s and master’s level students whose studies have been interrupted at a Ukrainian higher education institution. Applications will be processed until the end of 2022. The rights to study will be granted until 31 July 2023.  

tuni.fi

Training/Education

Finland

Tampere

English, Finnish

Students

Aalto University in Helsinki supports students and researchers arriving from Ukraine

The Finnish Refugee Advice Centre is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1988 by other Aalto University offers scholars fleeing from Ukraine a possibility to continue their academic work at Aalto University during the war in Ukraine.Aalto accepts applications for temporary visiting scholar positions in Aalto’s research fields (ca 20 positions) from researchers working in Ukraine based universities whose work has been interrupted by the war, and who are fleeing from Ukraine.Aalto University also offers study rights without fees and with scholarships to Ukraine’s university students – applications are now closed but may be reopened in May.

aalto.fi

Training/Education

Finland

Helsinki

English, Finnish

Creative industry professionals, Students

Vapaa liikkuvuus – The Freedom of Movement network in Finland

ThFree Movement hosts „Coffee Without Borders“, an open, free-of-charge café in Helsinki and Tampere. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.Free Movement offers counselling to migrants and their supporters. Counselling is offered by activists who are familiar with the migration administrative process.CWB & Counselling of Free Movement in Heslsinki are open every Wednesday from 5 to 8 at Lymy (Pengerkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki). For councelling please book a time slot through email (vapaaliikkuvuus@gmail.com) if possible.CWB in Tampere is arranged unregularly. For information on when the café is organised please

vapaaliikkuvuus.net

Assistance for Refugees, Find Help, Give Help, Legal Help, Meeting Place

Finland

Helsinki, Tampere

English, Finnish

BPOC, Marginalized People

PAKOLAISNEUVONTA – The Finnish Refugee Advice Centre

The Finnish Refugee Advice Centre is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1988 by other Finnish NGOs. The Refugee Advice Centre provides legal aid and advice to asylum seekers, refugees and other foreigners in Finland.If you have any questions about international protection, residence permits, family reunification or other issues concerning foreign nationals, you may contact their legal advice (free of charge):By phone on weekdays from 10 am to 12 am: +358 9 2313 9325By email: neuvonta@pakolaisneuvonta.fiIf you need legal advice on issues related to undocumented migrants in Finland, you may contact their specialized lawyers (free of charge):By phone on Mondays from

pakolaisneuvonta.fi/en/

Assistance for Refugees, Find Help, Legal Help

Finland

Helsinki

English, Finnish, Swedish

BPOC, Marginalized People

Barzakh (2011)

Documentary Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius Genre: war Country: Lithuania, Finland Language: Chechen, Russian Length: 59 Minutes Barzakh – Synopsis In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. As daily life goes on, those in search are drawn into a world where encounters with diviners and legal advisors, with the torturers and the tortured, with secret prisons and mythical lakes all become commonplace. Consolation and help only come from neighbours and relatives or accidentally met strangers people who themselves live with the loss or who are ones that have returned from where no one returns. The neighbour waits for

imdb.com

Documentary, Trailer

Finland, Lithuania

Solidarity Residencies in Finland

Solidarity Residencies in Finland are available for Ukrainian Artists. To address the catastrophic situation in Ukraine a group of independent art organisations have joined together to pool resources and share information to provide residencies as well as to work together to build diverse and extensive networks of solidarity. The collaborating partners include: AARK Connecting Points programme Fairres Frame Contemporary Art Finland Goethe-Institut Finnland HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme Pro Artibus Saari Residence.

Helsinki International Artist Programme's Page

Accommodation, Artist Residency

Finland

English

Artists, Creative industry professionals, Filmmakers

Free transportation and support across Europe

Here you can find details of free transportation, accommodation as various information and helplines for support across Europe, per country. The website is regularly updated.

thetrainline.com - Information on free transport and support

Accommodation, Assistance for Refugees, Find Help, Transport

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

English, Ukrainian