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Finland to close some border crossings with Russia after rise in asylum seekers
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Finland has said it will close some crossing points on its border with Russia, after the Nordic nation accused Moscow of guiding asylum seekers towards its territory in an apparent act of revenge for Helsinki’s cooperation with the US.
The Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said on Thursday that four of nine crossing points on the 830-mile border would be closed on Friday night in response to a rise in the number of refugees and migrants.
But on Wednesday Niinistö said he believed Russia had started guiding asylum seekers towards Finnish crossing points in retaliation for Helsinki’s plans to sign a defence cooperation agreement with Washington.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, said Moscow deeply regretted Finland’s decision to distance itself from what it described as previously good bilateral relations.
Finland adopted legislation last year that would allow crossing points to stop receiving asylum applications in the event of mass immigration orchestrated by another country.
Jussi Laine, a border studies professor at the University of Eastern Finland, said Helsinki was overreacting to a Russian attempt to exert pressure, which was just what Moscow wanted.
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