Finland–Iraq relations

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===Iraqis in Finland===

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Iraqis in Finland are people who have a background from the country of Iraq and who live in Finland. People can be born in Iraq, have Iraqi ancestry and/or be citizens of Iraq. {{As of|2024}}, there were 23,120 people born in Iraq living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Iraqi citizenship was 13,993.{{cite web |url= https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm1jg8tr20lco07vwvoif9s6i |title= Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024 |date= 2025-04-04 |series= Population structure |publisher= Statistics Finland |issn= 1797-5395 |access-date=2025-04-14 }}

Most Iraqis in Finland have come as refugees. Of the 32,000 people who sought asylum in Finland in 2015, 21,000 were Iraqis, or two-thirds of all asylum seekers.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10102351|title=Analyysi: Miksi 21 000 irakilaista haki turvapaikkaa juuri Suomesta? Tässä 6 syytä|website=Yle Uutiset|date=10 March 2018 }}

• Finland has an embassy in Baghdad.[https://finlandabroad.fi/web/irq/mission Embassy of Finland in Baghdad]
• Iraq has an embassy in Helsinki.[https://mofa.gov.iq/helsinki/?page_id=2839&lang=en Embassy of Iraq in Helsinki]

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• Foreign relations of Finland
• Foreign relations of Iraq

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• [https://finlandabroad.fi/web/irq/finland-and-iraq Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland about relations with Iraq]

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