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The Finnish parliament is discussing a law that would prevent asylum seekers from entering the country through the border with Russia.
The right-wing government proposed this emergency measure because Finland believes that Russia is responsible for organizing the crisis with migrants on its 1,335-kilometer border.
Helsinki believes that Moscow is taking revenge on Finland for joining NATO, which supports Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, Reuters reports.
Moscow denies these accusations.
Finland closed its border checkpoints late last year after more than 1,300 third-country migrants arrived in Finland from Russia without proper documentation.
After border closures in December Only a few dozen migrants from Russia have arrived in the country, but Finland fears that their number could rise again.
Prepared by: Sergei Daga