Finland: We are considering the complete blocking of the border with Russia

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the Finnish government announced its plan to close three crossings on the border with Russia and leave only one border crossing near the North Pole open for refugees to enter.

Finnish border authorities announced that in November, about 600 illegal immigrants without visas and documents, who were mainly from West Asia and Africa, entered the country, while this number was much less in September and October. These officials said these illegal immigrants were from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Kenya, Morocco and Somalia. “, a senior commander of the Finnish border guard unit told the Associated Press news agency: “We must implement this program with the aim of maintaining order at the border crossings and ensuring security for legal border crossings.”

Under this pretext, his government closes three other border crossings with Russia, including “Vartius”, “Kosamo” and “Sala” crossings, and leaves only the “Raja-Jospi” crossing, the northernmost border crossing with Russia.

This border crossing is located 1,100 kilometers north of the city of Helsinki, and until Saturday, it will be the only border crossing in Finland that accepts asylum requests from immigrants arriving from Russia.

“Elina Valtonen”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, claimed on Wednesday: “Russia is undoubtedly using immigrants as a tool in the context of a combined war against Finland.”

Last April, Finland ended decades of non-commitment and friendly relations with Moscow and joined the NATO military alliance.

Walton claimed in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday: And we have documents that show that, unlike in the past, the Russian border guards not only allow migrants to cross the Finnish border without documents, but also help to transfer them to the border area.”

On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow with The purpose of the official protest was to close the border crossings. We will close the entire border with Russia, and this is one of the options that the Helsinki government is considering and discussing.”

Of course, Russia will respond if Finland closes the remaining border crossings between the two countries.”

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