Finland still has no rules for housing trafficking victims four years after Parliament ordered the government to secure it, leaving some in shelters for drug users, its rapporteur found.
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In her March 2026 report to Parliament, Finland's Non-Discrimination Ombudsman, who serves as the national rapporteur on trafficking, said Parliament had obliged the government, on the basis of her 2022 report, to secure safe and supported housing for trafficking victims. She found there is still no guidance for the wellbeing services counties on accommodating victims and practice varies, so a victim who does not qualify for a shelter can be sent to temporary housing for people who use drugs, which may be unsafe. The report also found the caseload of the state's victim-assistance system, run within the Finnish Immigration Service, is not in sustainable proportion to its staff, and that identified victims still receive negative residence-permit decisions and are removed from the country because the permit threshold is too high.
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