Institute of Migration

The Institute of Migration was founded in 1974 and has its headquarters in Turku. The tasks of the Intitute of Migration are:

To promote the collection, storage and documentation of research material relating to international and internal migration including immigrants and refugees,
to carry out and promote migration research,
to publish research reports, books and articles on migration,
to develop co-operation between the universities and special organizations related to migration, both within Finland and abroad.

The Institute of Migration is maintained by a non-profit-making trust administered by a Council and an Administrative Board. The organisations affiliated to the trust are, for the Republic of Finland, the Ministry of Education, teh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, all the Finnish universities, and a large number of special organisations with an interest in sth study of migration. The Instute is basically financed by an annual operating grant from the Finnish Ministry of Education, but in addition various projects are financed from a variety of other sources.

More information about The Institute of Migration can be found at: http://www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr

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