EU border agency to send 50 officers to Finland's border with Russia
- Helsinki has closed most of its border points with Russia due to concerns of "hybrid warfare" tactics, accusing Russia of encouraging and assisting migrants to seek asylum at the border. Moscow denies these allegations.
- Frontex, the EU's border agency, plans to deploy 50 staff members, including border guards and equipment, to strengthen Finland's border control activities. This is in response to the "hybrid attacks" and shows the EU's united stance against such actions.
- Finnish-Russian relations have deteriorated, especially since Finland joined NATO in April after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The only remaining border crossing between Finland and Russia is seeing increased security measures.
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At the request of Finland, the EU border protection agency Frontex will send officials to the Finnish-Russian border. The reason is a sudden increase in the number of migrants there. The EU assumes that the Kremlin is playing a role in this. By M. Reiche. [more]
EU deploys agents to help Finland bolster Russian border
The EU border agency Frontex will deploy officers and equipment to Finland to help stem the flow of "weaponized migration" from Russia. Some 50 border agents and other staff, vehicles and equipment will arrive next week.
Finland had announced on Wednesday that it would close all but one border crossing with Russia. Finland had announced on Wednesday that it would close all but one border crossing with Russia.
Frontex schickt 50 Beamte nach Finnland
Finnland will angesichts einer gestiegenen Zahl von Migranten ohne gültige Papiere aus Russland ab Freitag nur mehr einen Grenzübergang zum östlichen Nachbarn offen lassen. Außerdem wurde Unterstützung seitens der EU-Grenzschutzbehörde Frontex angefordert. Diese schickt vorerst 50 Beamte. Neben dem Personal soll der finnische Grenzschutz auch mit Ausrüstung wie Patrouillenfahrzeuge verstärkt werden. Die Hilfe soll voraussichtlich ab der kommende…
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