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Finland has registered a growing number of undocumented migrants at the Russian border, according to official figures.
In a change from its normal policy, Russia is currently allowing them to continue their journey to Finland despite the lack of documents, broadcaster YLE reported Interior Minister Mari Rantanen as saying on Tuesday.
“This is a case of illegal entry,” she said at a press conference.
Rantanen said the government was considering limiting the number of border crossings or creating centralised entry points.
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A border closure was also conceivable, but the government would not immediately resort to the harshest measures.
Figures show that 71 people without valid papers were registered at the border last week, and a total of 60 on Monday and Tuesday.
Most of them came from the Middle East. Some had spent some time in Russia, but others were just travelling through.
Border guards told YLE on Monday that Russia was allowing asylum seekers with bicycles to cross the border, although Finland had banned this in the southeast since Thursday.


Jukka Lukkari, deputy head of the border guard in southeast Finland, said that people from countries including Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia had arrived last week, but no Ukrainians.
At least in some cases, international criminal groups were involved in the arrivals.
Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has announced that she will raise the issue at next week’s meeting of EU foreign ministers.


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A view of the Russian border crossing point Svetogorsk from the Pelkola border crossing point in Imatra, southeastern Finland. File photo:  AP

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Ajit Roy in his home in Anseong, South Korea. Roy came to South Korea for work, but was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease soon after starting his job at a farming machinery factory. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

An aerial view of the industrial zone of Ansan, South Korea. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Workers from Thailand at a lettuce farm in Gangwon, South Korea. Photo: Shutterstock 

Workers in a greenhouse in Pocheon, South Korea, in September. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Workers at a construction site in Gyeonggi-do. Rapid economic growth has forced South Korea to look beyond its borders to fix a labour crisis. Photo: Shutterstock

Ajit Roy meets a doctor in Seoul. Roy was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, which has been linked to exposure to industrial pollutants. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Methodist pastor Kim Dal-sung drives around looking for illegal housing on farms in Pocheon, South Korea. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Ajit Roy (far left) waters his eyes as he dines with his friends from church after attending a Sunday service. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Ajit Roy takes public transport to attend a medical health check-up appointment at a hospital in Seoul. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Afghans leave Pakistan ‘with a heavy heart’ as it forces out settled migrants to protect ‘welfare and security’

Afghan refugees arrive to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham. Photo: AFP

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Islamabad has issued an order to 1.7 million Afghans it says are living in the country illegally to leave by November 1, or be deported. Photo: AFP

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Pakistan has said the deportations are to protect the “welfare and security” of the country. Photo: AFP

Afghan refugees eat breakfast as they wait to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Around 1.3 million Afghans are registered refugees and 880,000 more have legal status to remain in Pakistan, according to the United Nations. Photo: AFP

7 killed, 16 injured as a van overloaded with migrants crashes in southern Germany

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Police officers work at the accident site by the overturned van on the motorway near Waldkraiburg in southern Germany. Photo: AFP

Vietnamese and Iraqi women rescued from cold truck in France after distress call to BBC reporter

One of women managed to reach a reporter with the BBC’s Vietnamese service in London. Photo: Reuters

A group of people thought to be migrants being escorted by a French patrol vessel as they cross the Channel in a small boat. Photo: dpa

Italy calls for EU help after migrant surge on island: ‘future of Europe at stake’

An Italian policeman stands in front of migrants sitting in the harbour of the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference in Lampedusa, Italy, on Sunday, as tensions rise over the growing number of migrants. Photo: EPA-EFE

Migrants rest at a camp on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday. Thousands were transferred to Sicily on Friday, but there were further arrivals by sea. Photo: AFP

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In a change from its usual policy, Russia is allowing them to continue their journey to Finland despite the lack of documentation
Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said it was ‘a case of illegal entry’ and a border closure was possible. Most migrants were from the Middle East


Moscow is allowing them to continue their journeys despite their lack of documentation, said a Finnish minister, who also said a border closure is possible.


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