The european Union's border agency announced on thursday that it will deploy hundreds of policemen and equipment to finland to assist police its borders amid suspicions that russia is behind an influx of migrants. Frontex anticipates a "significant reinforcement" of 50 border guard officers and other personnel, as well as patrol cars and extra equipment, to be in place as soon as next week.

Since August, more than 800 migrants without legal visas and paperwork have arrived in finland, with more than 700 arriving in november alone by the end of Wednesday, compared to a few dozen in september and October. people from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Kenya, Morocco, and somalia are among them.

In a speech to MPs in parliament on thursday, Finnish prime minister Petteri Orpo termed the situation "a serious disruption of border security" that threatens Finland's national security. finland has a population of 5.6 million people. "Finland cannot be influenced, finland cannot be destabilized," Orpo stated emphatically. "Russia started this, and russia also can stop it."

The charges are denied by the Kremlin. On Wednesday, Finnish border guards and troops began installing barriers, including concrete barriers topped with barbed wire, along Finland's long border with Russia.

Last week, the government decided to block the four busiest Russian border crossings in southern finland due to allegations of collusion by Russian border personnel. It intends to leave only one Arctic crossing site available to asylum seekers.

According to Frontex Executive director Hans Leijtens, the deployment of border forces is "a demonstration of the european Union's unified stand against hybrid challenges affecting one of its members."

Finland has nine crossing sites on its 1,340-kilometer-long border with russia, which serves as the EU's easternmost barrier as well as a substantial portion of NATO's northeastern flank. Finland's officials feel russia has been increasingly hostile to the country since it joined NATO in April.
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SIBY JEYYA

24/11/2023 06:27 AM