Clear News | Friday 18.9.2026

Immigrants. Prisons. Maritime safety. Weather forecast.

Housing for immigrants

First, news about immigrants.

The difficult employment situation affects immigrants’ housing.

Many immigrants live in cramped conditions in the same apartment.

This is an apartment building in Helsinki where many food delivery people live.

Food courier Karim says that 6 people live in a three-room apartment.

The delegates have moved from Bangladesh to Finland to study.

They haven’t found other jobs, and they work long hours.

The difficult employment situation affects immigrants’ housing.

Many immigrants live in cramped conditions because they want to save money.

Karim says that the work is hard, but the residents take saunas and cook together.

Working together helps them cope with the difficult everyday life.

Now news about prisons.

Finnish prisons are full.

The prison occupancy rate is 110 percent, meaning there are more prisoners than places.

An important reason is that the number of foreign prisoners has increased.

Almost 25 percent of prisoners are foreign nationals.

Minister of Justice Leena Meri says that Finland needs more prison places.

Meri suggests that Finland rent prison places from abroad.

Renting is not possible now because the law prohibits it.

Finnish prisons are full. That’s why Finland is transferring foreign prisoners back to their homeland.

In addition, the government will build almost 500 new places for prisoners in Finland.

Finally, a piece of news about safety.

This is a maritime safety exercise in the Helsinki maritime area.

Authorities are practicing how to seize a ship in the Baltic Sea.

In this exercise, you will learn how to stop a ship that is dragging an anchor.

A ship can break cables and pipes with its anchor. Therefore, such a ship must be stopped.

Finland is responsible for cooperation in cable safety in the Baltic Sea.

A maritime safety exercise has been held in the Helsinki maritime area.

The Border Guard, the Defence Forces and the police participated in the exercise.

There were also participants from Poland and France.

Still a weather forecast.

It will rain occasionally on Saturday.

It rains most in the afternoon in the north.

It is mostly cloudy.

The sun only shines in places.

The wind can be strong in the south.