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☆ Finland to place barriers on Russian border at midnight to stem migrant inflow
  + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Essi Lehto Anne Kauranen | Essi Lehto | Anne Kauranen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A view of the border between Russia and Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland on November 15, 2023. The four border crossings - at Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala in southeastern Finland - are normally the busiest points of travel between the two countries. Nearly 100 asylum seekers had entered Finland from Russia on Friday by midday, officials said. Finland shares a 1,340-km (833-mile) border with Russia that also serves as the EU's external border. Finland's ombudsman for non-discrimination said on Thursday Helsinki still had a duty under international treaties and EU law to allow asylum seekers to seek protection.
Persons: Helsinki, Matti Pitkaniitty, Pitkaniitty, Essi Lehto, Anne Kauranen, Terje Solsvik, Gareth Jones Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, European Union, NATO, Kremlin, Helsinki, Thomson Locations: Russia, Finland, Lappeenranta, Finnish, HELSINKI, Vaalimaa, Russia's, Salla, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Moscow, Ukraine, United States
☆ Dozens of migrants wait at Finland-Russia border after Helsinki blocks crossings
  + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Anne Kauranen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
HELSINKI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers at two crossings on Finland's border with Russia on Saturday, the Finnish Border Guard said, after Helsinki erected barricades to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow. Despite the closure, dozens of migrants arrived on Saturday afternoon at the Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa crossings, and lit a campfire in sub-zero temperatures behind razor-wire barriers mounted by border guards, Finnish Border Guard told reporters. Four regular border crossings remain open for the time being, but asylum can now only be sought at two of those, in Salla and Vartius, further north, the Border Guard said. On Saturday, 67 people arrived to seek asylum at the Vartius post, the local border guard unit said on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Kremlin on Friday said Finland was making a "big mistake" by closing down border crossings and that Helsinki's move was destroying bilateral relations.
Persons: Mika Rytkonen, Jouko Kinnunen, Moscow's, Riikka Purra, Anne Kauranen, Attila Cser, Kevin Liffey, Terje Solsvik, Ros Russell Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, Kremlin, YLE, Finland, Border Guard, Twitter, MTV, Union, Frontex, Friday, Reuters, Finance, Finns Party, Thomson Locations: HELSINKI, Russia, Helsinki, Moscow, United States, Finland, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Salla, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, East, Africa, Nuijamaa, London
☆ Finland to 'take action' as more asylum seekers arrive via Russia
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A view of the pilot border fence during a media event of the Finnish Border Guard RAJA at the Finnish-Russian border in Imatra, Finland October 26, 2023. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari/via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsHELSINKI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Finland is seeing a rise in the number of third-country asylum seekers arriving at its border crossings from Russia and is preparing to "take action" to handle the situation, the Finnish interior minister said on Tuesday. Russian authorities have changed the way they work to allow travel to Finland despite a lack of documents, which is illegal entry," Minister of Interior Mari Rantanen told reporters. Around 60 asylum seekers had arrived from Russia since early on Monday, according to Finland's border guard authority. NATO member Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre (833-mile) border with Russia which also serves as the European Union's external border.
Persons: Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari, Interior Mari Rantanen, Rantanen, Anne Kauranen, Essi, Terje Solsvik Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, Rights, Interior, NATO, Thomson Locations: Russian, Imatra, Finland, Russia
☆ Finland starts fence on Russian border amid migration, security concerns
  + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Anne Kauranen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Project manager Ismo Kurki said on Friday that, while it is not intended to stop any invasion attempt, the fence will have surveillance equipment. Meanwhile, there has so far been little human activity along the border, which stretches to 1,300 km in all. Last year, Finland detected only 30 illegal crossings there, while Russian border guards stopped some 800 attempts to enter Finland, the Finnish Border Guard said. "But in this totally changed (security) situation, Finland must have more credible and more independent border control. And Finland needs to be less dependent on the Russian border control," he added.
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