The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland has upheld the government’s decision to temporarily close the borders with Russia ...
The plan is to build stretches of fencing totalling around 200 km in length, along the 1,300-km border's most crucial areas.
Finland is planning to enact temporary legislation that would enable its border authorities to block asylum seekers ...
Finland initiated the closure of four border crossing points in the eastern region bordering Russia on Nov. 6, 2023. Additional checkpoints were shut down on Nov. 22, leaving only one operational.
On Nov. 30, 2023, Finland shut all checkpoints points at the border with Russia. The closures were prompted by increased incidents of third-country nationals seeking asylum arriving from Russia.
On Nov. 30, 2023, Finland shut all checkpoints points at the border with Russia. The closures were prompted by increased incidents of third-country nationals seeking asylum arriving from Russia.
Due to concerns over instrumentalized migration orchestrated by Russia, Finland’s eastern border has been mostly closed to passenger traffic since last autumn, and will remain shut until at ...
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Martti Koskenniemi, a professor emeritus of international law at the University of Helsinki, told YLE on Monday that the bill ...
Finland's border with Russia remains closed through April 14, after Helsinki last month extended the total closure of its eastern frontier, which it initially shut in November, for another two ...