Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers

From midnight on Friday, said the Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, the only open border crossing of Finland's eight stations would be its northernmost at Raja-Jooseppi.

In response to a rise in the number of people crossing its border with Russia, Finland, which joined Nato earlier this year, had already completely closed four of its southernmost border crossing points.

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