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Finland lays out plans to block asylum seekers arriving from Russia

Finland plans to adopt temporary legislation allowing border authorities to block asylum-seekers from entering its territory from Russia.
All crossings on Finland's 1,340-kilometer border with Russia were closed due to a rise in arrivals without valid EU entry documents.
The Finnish government aims to address the influx of undocumented asylum-seekers by implementing these new measures.

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2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Straits Times

Finland could block asylum seekers from entering via Russia

HELSINKI - Finland plans to adopt temporary legislation that will allow the country's border authorities to block asylum seekers arriving via Russia from entering the Nordic nation, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

2 months ago·Singapore

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Sky News UK

Finland lays out plans to block asylum seekers arriving from Russia

The country claims Russia is funnelling people to its eastern border after Finland abandoned its long-held position of military non-alignment and joined NATO in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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Malay Mail

Finland seeks to block asylum seekers from Russia

HELSINKI, March 15 — Finland’s government today said that it wanted to adopt a temporary law to curb “instrumentalised migration”, following a spike in migrant crossings that Helsinki labelled a Russian hybrid attack. A draft of the legislation, which would enable the government “to restrict the reception of applications for international protection in a limited area on Finland’s national border and in its immediate vicinity”, was sent out for c…

2 months ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Al Jazeera

Finland moves to block asylum seekers from entering via Russia

The Nordic nation’s PM says it has been the target of ‘instrumentalised migration’ facilitated by its neighbour, Russia.

2 months ago·Qatar

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Le Monde

Finland drafts law to block asylum seekers from Russia

Some 1,300 asylum seekers arrived in Finland via the eastern border in November, December and January, a surge Helsinki says was orchestrated by Moscow.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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