Roughly four in five Ukrainians who have fled the war to Finland receive some form of social security support, according to benefits agency Kela.
Around 80,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Finland since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. By the end of last year, some 49,000 Ukrainians were living in the country, of whom about 39,000 were receiving benefits.
In total, social benefits to Ukrainians amounted to 250 million euros last year.
More than half of the payments consisted of basic social assistance. The majority of recipients are women and children.
In the first year of the war, around 5,000 Ukrainians received benefits, totalling about 18 million euros.
