IANS | 09 Feb, 2024
The Finnish government has decided to keep the land border with Russia closed until mid-April, citing security concerns.
All
crossing points on the Finnish eastern border have been closed to
passenger traffic since mid-December, Xinhua news agency reported.
The country closed the first border crossings in mid-November in response to illegal immigrants.
According
to the Interior Ministry, undocumented immigrants into Finland have
mainly been of Middle Eastern and African origin, and half of them have
asked for asylum. Some of them appear to have left Finland to travel
onwards to other parts of the European Union.
