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Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers

Finnish border guards are erecting barriers, including concrete obstacles topped with barbed wire, at some crossing points on the country's border with Russia to control an influx of migrants.
Finland is closing three more crossing points, leaving only one Arctic point open for migrants seeking asylum.
In November, 600 migrants without proper visas and documentation, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, arrived in Finland compared to a few dozen in September and October.

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Times of India

EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx

Frontex, the EU's border agency, will send reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion of Russian involvement in an influx of migrants. The reinforcement will include 50 border guard officers, patrol cars, and additional equipment. Finland has seen a significant increase in migrants without proper visas and documentation, with around 600 arrivals this month. Finnish authorities have closed four Russia border crossings and…

8 months ago·India

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The Guardian

Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers

Helsinki accuses Moscow of guiding refugees across border in apparent act of revenge for it cooperating with USFinland has said it will close all but one crossing point on its border with Russia in an effort to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, as Estonia accused Moscow of mounting “a hybrid attack operation” on Europe’s eastern border.The announcement on Wednesday came after weeks of tension on the 830-mile (1,330km) border ac…

8 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Finland to close all but northernmost border crossing with Russia

Finland will close three of the four remaining border crossing points starting at midnight on Friday, leaving only the Raja-Jooseppi open

8 months ago·India

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CTV News

Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants, closes crossing points

Finnish border guards and soldiers began erecting barriers including concrete obstacles topped with barbed-wire at some crossing points on the Nordic country's lengthy border with Russia to better control an influx of migrants, officials said Wednesday. Finland said it will close three more crossing points, leaving only one Arctic point open for migrants seeking asylum.

8 months ago·Canada

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NDTV

Why Finland Shut 7 Of Its 8 Passenger Crossings To Russia

Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which the Nordic country accuses Moscow. More than 700 migrants from nations including Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, have in the past few weeks entered Finland via Russia. Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies. Having last week…

8 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants. The Kremlin objects - Seymour Tribune

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish border guards and soldiers have begun erecting barriers including concrete obstacles topped with barbed-wire at some crossing points on the Nordic country’s long border with Russia to better control the flow of undocumented migrants, officials said Wednesday. Some 600 migrants without proper visas and documentation, mostly from the Middle East and […]

8 months ago·United States

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