Finland temporarily closed the fifth checkpoint on the border with Russia

Finnish authorities have temporarily closed the Vartius checkpoint on the border with Russia due to a large number of asylum seekers. about this Itlalehti writes .

They decided to close the checkpoint the night before. On Saturday, 67 people applied for asylum at this border crossing.

The Finnish border service said that their Russian colleagues do not adhere to joint agreements. They claim that the Russian side brought the asylum seekers to the neutral zone.

It was originally planned that the border point would open on Sunday at eight in the morning, but so far the Finnish border service has not officially announced the opening.

On November 18, the Finnish authorities closed the four largest border crossings on the border with Russia - Vaalimaa (on the Russian side - Torfyanovka), Nuyamaa (Brusnichnoe), Imatra (Svetogorsk) and Niirala (Värtsilä). Media sources claimed that the Finnish authorities are ready to completely close the border with Russia if the flow of asylum seekers increases. For now, according to media interlocutors, this is not necessary.

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