Unemployed Estonian construction workers find Helsinki is no haven

Among the many casualties of the economic crisis in Estonia are those who work in the building trades. The absence of new Estonian building construction means that these tradespeople have no work. Many of them have therefore crossed the Gulf of Finland in search of employment.

Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki's largest daily newspaper, has launched an occasional series on the adverse consequences stemming from the influx of Estonian construction workers to Finland. It seems there are two main...