A record number of people seeking asylum in Finland gathered at land checkpoints on the Russian-Finnish border on November 17. The border detachment of Southeastern Finland reports this on social networks X.
It was recorded that 163 people applied for asylum on November 17.
During the year, 335 asylum applications from citizens of Iraq, Syria, Somalia and other countries were registered in Finland along the entire land border with the Russian Federation; The highest number of applications have been made since the beginning of November.
Last week, it became known that the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing a bill to completely close the border with Russia if reducing 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 “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously Finnish border guards applied “Pepper attack” on immigrants at the Russian border.