Finland is firm towards Russia. Prolongs border closure
Finland will extend the border closure with Russia for four weeks. – The hybrid threat still exists – they say in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The decision to close the border was made in November. At the time, authorities claimed that the Kremlin controlled an organized flow of migrants from the Middle East and Northeast Africa.
Finland will extend the border closure with Russia until February 11 – reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The previous decision was valid until January 14. This confirmed the previously reported information All crossings there will remain closed.
– The hybrid threat from Russia still exists. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Finland, Mari Rantanen, quoted by Reuters.
This means that immigrants are flowing to Finland through Russia They will not be able to cross the eastern border and submit an asylum application.
Crisis between Finland and Russia
in November This was announced by the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo The decision to completely close the border with Russia. At that time, there was talk of a “threat to the security of the country” in the background of the “hybrid operation” conducted by Russia, which consisted in controlling an organized organization. The flow of migrants from the Middle East and North-East Africa.
look: Finland sends troops to the Russian border. is the Kremlin's answer
For a while, the Finnish authorities He decided to open the main crossings on the southern part of the borderAllowing traffic, among others, from the St. Petersburg region to cross the border, among others, dual citizens or persons with families in another country and diplomats. However, within ten hours of the opening of the crossings, he arrived at the Finnish checkpoints The record number is about 300 migrants. In previous weeks, it was an average of a dozen or several dozen people a day.
Migrants cross Finnish border, then 'disappear'
This theory is confirmed by the local media. Of the approximately 1,300 migrants who arrived in Finland via Russia last fall, More than 120 are considered missing. This means they are probably already in other EU countries, Finnish migration services admit.
“Karjalainen” newspaper explains that reception centers for foreigners About 10 percent of asylum seekers do not know their current whereaboutswho arrived in Finland through Russian border points in August-December.
