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HELSINKI: Finland said on Tuesday that “thousands” of third-country migrants were waiting to cross the border onto its territory from Russia.Finland closed all crossings on its 1,340-kms...

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said his government will reopen two of the eight shuttered border crossings with Russia, the Nordic country’s Yle broadcaster reported Tuesday.

HELSINKI/NUIJAMAA, Finland - Finland early on Saturday closed four crossings on its border with Russia as Helsinki seeks to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia has orchestrated an influx of immigrants into Finland, a “hybrid operation” that has forced NATO’s newest member to close its eastern border.

Dozens of additional EU guards will be sent to Finland’s border with Russia this week after Moscow was accused of attempting to destabilise the bloc by funnelling migrants across the frontier.

Helsinki accuses Moscow sending these people; Estonia, Latvia also make similar accusations

Russia must stop sending asylum seekers across its frontier into Finland in what amounts to a "hybrid attack," Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday, after the Nordic nation temporarily shut all border passenger crossings but one.

Raja-Jooseppi located in the northern Arctic region is the only open gate

Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which the Nordic country accuses Moscow.

The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country. Frontex said that it expects a “significant reinforcement” made up of 50 border guard officers and other staff, along with patrol cars and additional equipment, to be put in place as soon as next week. Around 600 migrants without proper ...