Finnish government seeks to extend ban on migrants seeking asylum on Russia border

Finland seeks to extend ban on migrants from Russia

Helsinki accuses Putin’s government of weaponising migration

Finnish Government Seeks to Extend Ban on Migrants Seeking Asylum on Russia Border

Finnish government seeks to extend ban on migrants seeking asylum on Russia border

Finland's right-wing government has asked parliament to extend until the end of 2026 a law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its closed eastern border with Russia and to send them back, it said on Thursday.

After Halting Migration, Finland Seeks To Extend Border Closure

The centre-right government of Finland wants to extend a law that allows it to turn back illegal migrants at its border with Russia until the end of 2026. “The threat of instrumentalised migration at Finland’s eastern border remains high and unpredictable,” Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said. Such a move requires a five-sixths majority in parliament. Because two of the larger left-liberal opposition parties are willing to back the extension, i…

Proposal to extend validity of deportation law goes to Parliament

The government on Thursday submitted a proposal to the parliament to extend the validity of the 'Border Security Act' or the so-called controversial deportation law until December 31, 2026 to combat instrumentalised migration, said the Ministry of the Interior in a press release. The purpose of the act is to prevent efforts to put pressure on Finland through the instrumentalisation of migrants. “The threat of instrumentalised migration at Finla…

The Finnish government announced on Thursday that it intends to extend the validity of a law that allowed border guards to reject asylum seekers. The report comes from AFP. The law on “temporary measures to combat organized migration” entered into force on July 22, 2024, for a period of one year. Finland responded with it to the rising number of asylum seekers who arrived at Finland’s eastern border with Russia in 2023. Helsinki claimed that Rus…