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Refugees bring new life to Finnish Punkalaidun, known for its coffins

The road to Punkalaidun is beautiful, but treacherously winding and slippery in the wintertime. This is far out into the countryside. The municipality is more than 150 kilometres north-west of Helsinki.
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Kyi Kyi Kying

is one of the Burmese quota refugees who has found work at the factory. She proudly puts the flag logo in place, which shows that the coffin she is decorating is of the highest Finnish quality (above)

Facts about Punkalaidun

A municipality in South-western Finland, in the region of Pirkanmaa, some 150 kilometers north-west of Helsinki. 3,004 inhabitants. 

The municipality of Punkalaidun has the best employment figures in the region: In November 2016 there were 123 unemployed job seekers, or 9.6 percent.

Available jobs: nine.

The situation in the nearest larger city, Tampere, is considerably worse: 19,894 unemployed, 17.4 percent.

Available jobs: 2006

The region’s average unemployment figure is 14.6 percent, i.e. a few percentage points higher than the national average of 12.5 percent. 60-64 year olds are overrepresented among the unemployed.

200 asylum seekers live in an asylum centre in the municipality, run by the Red Cross.

Some 100 quota refugees and labour immigrants are being looked after by the municipality.

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