• Finland government announced on Thursday that it aims to alter border legislation to allow the construction of barriers along its eastern border with Russia, in an effort to boost preparation against hybrid threats in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• Finland, which is requesting to join the NATO military alliance, has a history of battles with Russia, despite the fact that the 1,300-kilometer (810-mile) border zone between the two countries is currently delineated only with signs and plastic lines over the majority of its length.
• The Finnish government has rushed to improve border security because it is concerned that Russia will try to exert pressure on Finland by sending asylum seekers to its borders, as the European Union accused Belarus of doing at the end of last year when hundreds of migrants from the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa became stuck on the Polish border.

Finland, which is requesting to join the NATO military alliance, has a history of battles with Russia, despite the fact that the 1,300-kilometer (810-mile) border zone between the two countries is currently delineated only with signs and plastic lines over the majority of its length.

The Finnish government has rushed to improve border security because it is concerned that Russia will try to exert pressure on Finland by sending asylum seekers to its borders, as the European Union accused Belarus of doing at the end of last year when hundreds of migrants from the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa became stuck on the Polish border.

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The revisions to the statute proposed by the administration include a proposal to limit the reception of asylum claims to specified points of entry.

Migrants have the right to seek asylum under existing EU regulations at any point of entry into an EU member country.

The modifications would also allow for the construction of barriers such as fences and new roads on the Finnish side to aid border patrolling.

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