For years Finnish polyechnics have arranged entrance exams in the developing world to attract students. But exams have been suspended this spring in Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria and Kenya, a YLE news report said. 

 

Finland’s Immigration Service says students arriving from developing countries cannot afford to live in Finland.

 

According to the Finland law, non-EU students should show assets of 6,000 euros before moving to the country as they are not eligible for state-sponsored financial aid. Finnish officials say foreigners abuse the clause by circulating money into each other’s bank accounts. “If students don’t have the money there’s a risk they’ll be abused working for their own countrymen,” says Pentti Sorsa, a senior advisor at the Finnish Immigration Service.