Pakolaisneuvonta ry

Refugee Advice Centre provides legal couselling for asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants in Finland. It is also an independent, non-governmental organization promoting the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in Finland and following the asylum policy of the European Union.

The Finnish Refugee Advice Centre is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1988 by other Finnish NGOs. The Refugee Advice Centre provides legal aid and advice to asylum seekers, refugees and other foreigners in Finland. The Refugee Advice Centre has five offices in Finland.

Lawyers of the Refugee Advice Centre give legal aid to asylum seekers in different stages of the asylum procedure. The Refugee Advice Centre also works to promote the legal rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other foreigners. The organisation is recognised as an expert in refugee and aliens affairs in Finland. It is thereby heard by officials and the Parliament when new laws concerning foreigners are drafted.

The Refugee Advice Centre works in close co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as European refugee organisations. The Refugee Advice Centre is a member of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) which represents 78 refugee organisations throughout Europe.

Helsinki office
Kaisaniemenkatu 4 A, 6.krs
00100 Helsinki
tel +358 (0)75 7575 100
fax +358 (0)75 7575 120
e-mail: pan(at)pakolaisneuvonta.fi

Opening hours during weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm.

Executive Director Eva Lindberg, tel +358 (0)75 7575 112,
e-mail: firstname.lastname(at)pakolaisneuvonta.fi

Information and Media Officer Sanna Rummakko, tel. +358 (0)75 7575 129, +358 (0)50 412 9413, e-mail: firstname.lastname(at)pakolaisneuvonta.fi

Lappeenranta office
Koulukatu 11
53100 Lappeenranta
tel +358 5 420 71520
fax +358 5 541 2320

Kouvola office
Kauppamiehenkatu 1 A 6
45100 Kouvola
tel +358 (0)75 7575 101
fax +358 (0)5 371 3115

Opening hours during weekdays 9-12 am and 13-16 pm.

Oulu office
Hallituskatu 23 A 6
90100 Oulu
tel +358 (0)75 7575 105
fax +358 (0)8 5578 030

Opening hours during weekdays 9-12 am and 13-16 pm.

Oravainen office

Meeting with a lawyer by appointment only. In other times phone calls are directed to the Helsinki office, which is open Mon-Fri 9-16.

Öurintie 31
66800 Oravainen
tel +358 (0)75 7575 100
fax +358 (0)75 7575 120
e-mail: pan(at)pakolaisneuvonta.fi