Finland closes all its borders with Russia

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the Finnish government announced on Tuesday that Helsinki has closed all its borders. closes its border with Russia to travelers for two weeks to stop the flow of asylum seekers to this country. Finland claims that it has seen an increase in visa-free asylum seekers entering its country through the Russian border and that Moscow is deliberately sending them to has directed towards the borders. The Prime Minister of Finland, Petri Orpo, warned yesterday, Monday, that if Moscow continues the pressure through migrants, the country is ready to close its last border crossing with Russia.

According to the Finnish Border Guard, in November, about 900 refugees from countries including Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen entered Finland from Russia.

Finland’s border guard announced that the decision to close all eight border crossings meant that only freight trains could pass between the two countries.

Helsinki claimed that Moscow would retaliate against the decision. Finland pushes asylum seekers to the border to increase defense cooperation with America.

On the other hand, Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) put an end to the country’s decades of military neutrality policy, and this brought a strong reaction from Russia.

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