HELSINKI (AP) – Finland said Thursday it will extend its border closure with Russia for another month over suspicions that Russia is trying to undermine security in Northern Europe by sending illegal migrants across the border. did.
Finland closed its borders late last year after 1,300 migrants without proper documents or visas arrived across the border since September. This was an unusually high number just months after Finland joined the NATO alliance.
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