Finnish border guards used gas canisters against a group of immigrants arriving at the Finnish border point Niirala from the Russian Federation. This was reported by a local TV channel MTV3Referring to Samuli Murtonen, Deputy Commander of the North Karelia Border Guard Service.
“Border guards stopped a group of about 30 people who came on bicycles and tried to cross the border,” he explained.
According to Murtonen, border guards had to use force to stop the migrants because orders were not followed. In order to control the situation, one of the immigrants was gassed. The people themselves sought asylum in Finland. The deputy commander said that currently migrants have already crossed the Finnish border and are at the disposal of the authorities, the process of granting asylum is ongoing.
The other day, it became known that the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs was preparing a bill to completely close the border with Russia if the reduction in the number of operating checkpoints does not help reduce the flow of migrants. EU border control agency Frontex announced that it is ready to send forces to the border of the Russian Federation to prevent an increase in the number of illegal crossings. The Kremlin said Helsinki made a mistake by “choosing the path of confrontation”. More details in the material “socialbites.ca”.
Previously in Finland named There is a requirement to cancel the decision to close the checkpoint on the Russian border.