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HELSINKI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Finland will close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday.
The Finnish president on Wednesday said a rise in the number of asylum applicants arriving on the country’s eastern border appeared to be triggered by Russian revenge for Finland’s defence cooperation with the United States.
« The government has today decided that Finland will close some eastern border crossing points. The eastern border for that part will close on the night between Friday and Saturday, » Orpo told a press conference.
Reporting by Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik
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