Finland will completely close four checkpoints on the border with Russia.
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The points will be closed from November 18 this year to February 18, 2024, said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. According to the prime minister, this is how they want to stop the flow of people seeking asylum.
Citizens of Iraq, Yemen and other countries began to come to Finland via Russia en masse and ask for asylum.
Helsinki believes that Russian border guards specifically allow these people through their checkpoints to the border, although previously people without the necessary documents to enter Finland were not allowed through Russian checkpoints.
Earlier, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinio accused Russia of helping asylum seekers cross borders in order to destabilize Western countries.
Considering the situation with migrants on the border of Finland and Russia, Steinmeier also noted that recently, in addition to the usual routes through which illegal immigrants enter Central Europe, for example, through the Western Balkans, cases of border crossings from Russia through Belarus and Poland to Germany.
Source: Racurs
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