Dozens of migrants, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, have arrived in the Nordic nation over recent days helped by Russian authorities to travel to the heavily controlled border zone.
HELSINKI (AP) Finland will close four crossing points on its long border with Russia to stop the flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants that it accuses Moscow of ushering to the border in recent months, the government said Thursday. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the southeastern crossing […]
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the southeastern crossing points Imatra, Niirala, Nuijamaa, and Vaalimaa will be closed at midnight Friday on the Finland-Russia land border that serves as the European Union’s external frontier.
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