What did we do in Finland?

Du­ring the au­tumn se­a­son 2017 the group of 15 fin­nish stu­dents star­ted to le­arn about the phe­no­me­non im­mig­ra­ti­on in Fin­land. A pas­tor from lo­cal pa­rish vi­si­ted Ly­seo and told about the many re­a­sons for im­mig­ra­ti­on, asy­lum see­king being only one of them. La­ter on the­re was a vi­sit to Na­vi­gaat­to­ri, a help cen­ter for im­mig­rants in Sa­von­lin­na. The stu­dents got to know a lot about im­mig­ra­ti­on si­tu­a­ti­on lo­cal­ly and the laws and re­gu­la­ti­ons con­cer­ning im­mig­ra­ti­on in Fin­land.

In the be­gin­ning of No­vem­ber the stu­dents vi­si­ted Sa­von­lin­na Chris­ti­an Ins­ti­tu­te and met the im­mig­rant stu­dents for the first time. A group dis­cus­si­on was ar­ran­ged in or­der to get to know each ot­her. The im­mig­rant stu­dents also got an op­por­tu­ni­ty to prac­ti­se Fin­nish lan­gu­a­ge in live si­tu­a­ti­on. The fin­nish stu­dents also made on­li­ne port­fo­li­os and ad­ded the­re re­ports about the vi­sits in Eng­lish.

Du­ring the re­gu­lar mee­tings stu­dents both in Fin­land and in Lit­hu­a­nia pre­pa­red pre­sen­ta­ti­ons about their home towns and count­ries.

In De­cem­ber the jour­ney to Ši­au­li­ai took fi­nal­ly pla­ce.

going to con­ti­nue…