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Finland set to restrict Russian entries as number rise
Since Moscow announced a mobilisation for the Ukraine war
23 September, 17:20
(ANSA-AFP) - HELSINKI, SEP 23 - The number of Russians
entering Finland has doubled since Moscow announced a
mobilisation for the Ukraine war, a border agency spokesman told
AFP on Friday, as the Nordic country prepared to restrict entry.
"6,470 Russians arrived in Finland across the land border on Thursday," compared with 3,100 entries in the beginning of the week, a border guard spokesman told AFP. The numbers were lower than those before the Covid-19 pandemic. "We are now going at 70 percent of the traffic we had in 2019 at the same time," Elias Laine, deputy head of the Vaalimaa border crossing, told AFP on Thursday. Numbers on Friday indicated a "slight rise" but no major shift, he said. On Thursday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that: "Russian tourism and travel has to be stopped, including transit through Finland." Marin added that the security risk posed by Russian travellers should be "re-evaluated" after Moscow's announcement of mobilisation.
(ANSA-AFP).
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"6,470 Russians arrived in Finland across the land border on Thursday," compared with 3,100 entries in the beginning of the week, a border guard spokesman told AFP. The numbers were lower than those before the Covid-19 pandemic. "We are now going at 70 percent of the traffic we had in 2019 at the same time," Elias Laine, deputy head of the Vaalimaa border crossing, told AFP on Thursday. Numbers on Friday indicated a "slight rise" but no major shift, he said. On Thursday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that: "Russian tourism and travel has to be stopped, including transit through Finland." Marin added that the security risk posed by Russian travellers should be "re-evaluated" after Moscow's announcement of mobilisation.
(ANSA-AFP).
