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The Finnish government announced a comprehensive border closure policy on Wednesday for its border with Russia, closing a number of land border crossings. The policy is aimed at addressing an escalating influx of migrants and ensuring national security as Finnish officials have accused Russia of allowing persons with insufficient documentation to cross. Only one border…
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One of the final asylum seekers at the Nuijamaa border crossing between Finland and Russia waits before the crossing is closed — one of four that Finland will shut at midnight over a surge in undocumented migrants – Copyright GETTY IMAGES/AFP Anna Moneymaker
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EU dispatch: political accord on Crisis Regulation paves way for a new EU Migration and Asylum Pact
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Mykyta Vorobiov is a political science student at Bard College, Berlin. He previously studied at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the University of Tartu, and the University of Zagreb.
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Over 25,000 migrants have crossed to the UK in flimsy, unsuitable craft this year – Copyright AFP JENS SCHLUETER