US EditionRise in asylum seekers from Russia is Kremlin act of revenge, says Finnish president
- The Finnish president accuses Russia of guiding asylum seekers to Finland in retaliation for Finland's defense cooperation agreement with the US.
- The number of asylum seekers arriving in southeast Finland has been increasing.
- Finland may limit access to crossing points unless Russia reverses course.
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Finland will close four border posts with Russia where there has been a significant increase in asylum seekers in recent days. This is reported by Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. Finland accuses the Russians of helping asylum seekers. This is not the first time that EU neighbours have let migrants through to exert political pressure or cause a migration crisis.
Facing asylum seeker surge from Russia, Finland mulls curbing access
Further groups of asylum seekers arrived on Wednesday (15 November) at Finland's southeastern border via Russia, part of a sudden surge that the president said appeared to be Russian revenge for his country's defence cooperation with the United States.
Rise in asylum seekers from Russia is Kremlin act of revenge, says Finnish president
Sauli Niinistö says this is Russia’s response to Finland’s cooperation with US and vows to take ‘very clear action’The Finnish president has vowed to take “very clear action” over the growing number of asylum seekers arriving from Russia, which he said appeared to be a Kremlin act of revenge for Finland’s cooperation with the US.Sauli Niinistö’s comments come after the Finnish border guard reported steadily increasing numbers of asylum seekers a…
According to an asylum seeker interviewed by STT, Russia is now being diverted to the Norwegian border. Russian border authorities have informed asylum seekers that they can no longer reach Finland, says a Syrian asylum seeker interviewed by STT. He himself had made it to Finland on Wednesday, but his friend had been turned away in Russia from the border on Thursday. The asylum seeker says a friend told him that Russia had been told that the bor…
By 10pm yesterday, 75 asylum seekers had arrived at border crossings in south-eastern Finland.
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