Ethnic issues in Finland

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Finland is one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries in Europe, where immigrants constitute a small part of Finnish society. Prior to the 1990s, it was very difficult to immigrate into Finland, and immigration from outside of Europe proper was virtually unheard of.

Although the 1990s brought globalization onto Finland's doorstep and immigrants from other countries began to arrive in large numbers, foreigners are still looked upon as a threat to the labour market.^{[citation needed]} Xenophobia is also quite common among the Finnish population.

The native languages of Finland are Finnish, Swedish, Skolt Sami, Inari Sami, North Sami, Tatar and Romany. Immigrants to Finland tend to speak English, Estonian, Russian, Arabic, Somali, etc.