Finland has announced it will close all but one of its border crossings with Russia after a rise in the arrivals of refugees and migrants whom the government claims Moscow is intentionally pushing to the country's frontiers.
More than 600 asylum seekers have entered Finland via Russia in November, compared with only a few dozen in September and October. They were mostly from countries such as Yemen, Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria, according to border officials.
Undoubtedly Russia is instrumentalising migrants as part of its hybrid warfare against Finland, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said on Wednesday. Moscow has denied it is funneling desperate migrants and refugees to the Finnish border.
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