Frontex will deploy 50 observers on the border between Finland and Russia
The reason for this is a sharp escalation of the situation due to the influx of refugees from third countries, organized with the assistance of Russia
The European Border Protection Agency Frontex intends to deploy 50 of its personnel, as well as patrol cars and other equipment, in Finland near the border with Russia. The reason for this is a sharp escalation of the situation due to the influx of refugees from third countries, organized, according to Helsinki, with the assistance of the Russian authorities.
Source. This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the Frontex report.
The mission will be deployed next week. The report emphasizes that the events on the Finnish-Russian border, which is 1340 km long, concern the security of the entire European Union.
On Friday night, Finland officially closed three of the four border crossings with Russia for a month, which remained open after the closure of four more crossings closest to St. Petersburg last week.
The crossings are already de facto closed, as they do not work at night. According to Yle, on Thursday, November 23, about 100 people sought asylum at the Vartius and Salla crossings, including citizens of Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Syria.
Only one crossing point on the Russian-Finnish border will remain open – Raya-Joosepi (Lotta on the Russian side). It is located in the north, 240 kilometers from Murmansk. So far, according to border guards, it is calm there, but the Finnish authorities are preparing for an onslaught of migrants.
Earlier it was reported that the Murmansk region was on high alert. "The number of foreign nationals wishing to enter a NATO country through our territory is likely to increase many times over," wrote Andrei Chibis, the governor of the Russian Murmansk region.
Over the past few months, several thousand foreigners who do not have the necessary documents have tried to enter Finland from Russia.
Estonian authorities on Thursday also accused Russia of a "hybrid attack." Over the past week, more than 30 migrants have tried to enter Estonia through the Narva border crossing on the border with Russia. However, they were not allowed to enter the country: Estonian border guards did not allow them to reach the checkpoint where they could apply for asylum.
"Unfortunately, there are many signs that officials guarding the border in Russia, and possibly representatives of other agencies, are involved in the influx of migrants," says Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Laanemets.
Background. Earlier, Finnish border guards reported that the Russian authorities were bringing migrants to the border with Finland in an organized manner. This is evidenced by the fact that it is possible to stay in the border zone on the Russian side only with a special permit.
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