FINLAND DRAWS LINE IN ARCTIC SNOW, CLOSING ENTIRE BORDER WITH RUSSIA
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01.12.2023


ABC News (28 November 2023)

 

Finland will close its entire border with Russia to travellers for the next two weeks in a bid to halt a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation.

Finland last week shut all but one of its border posts to travellers from Russia, keeping open only the northern-most crossing located in the Arctic, but this too would now close, the government said on Tuesday.

On Monday, only three asylum seekers arrived in Finland through the remote Raja-Jooseppi station, the last open border post, and on Tuesday there were no entrants.

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