Antti Lehtinen, head of the asylum department of the Finnish Immigration Office, said that the first refugees from third countries started arriving in Finland from Russia in August. This was reported by Finnish publication So.
He noted that more than 700 people have come so far.
“Individual decisions were made. The decisions were negative,” Lehtinen said.
According to him, the negative decision means “there is no justification for international protection.”
Former Finnish Vice-Chancellor of Justice Mikko Puumalainen rejected the offer The country’s government on strengthening restrictions on the border with the Russian Federation. The reason for this decision is that this offer of the Finnish government will not make it possible to apply for asylum. It is stated that Puumalainen concluded that there were no legal prerequisites for further preparation of the proposed solution.
It was announced that the tightening does not guarantee that refugees can effectively apply for the international protection provided in the law.
Formerly President of Finland predicted difficulties On the Russian border.