&gt;citizens only<p>No it&#x27;s not. Currently all wellfare in Finland is based permanent residence. But if you don&#x27;t have permanent residence, the social services will get you one if you just are in Finland &quot;permanently&quot;. Which happens if you can claim that you have no other safe place to go. Or if you have family here. Or if you have no other citizenship.<p>Russians can&#x27;t come over the border right now. But if there is ever a civil war in Russia, then we are fucked. If Russia starts to move Syrian refugees through russia just to fuck with us, we are in deep shit.<p>Some people are really worried about immigration. While it&#x27;s not a problem right now. Some people are really worried that we are not perceived as fascist. Some people are really worried about refugees who are here. Nobody gives a fuck about Syrians in Syria.<p>Getting citizenship means you have to do military service, but you gain nothing from it. Currently it is punishment really.