Move closes off the last land route into the EU for people fleeing the Kremlin's military mobilisation effort. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HELSINKI - Finland announced on Thursday that it would bar Russians from entering as tourists, closing off the last land route into the European Union forThe policy takes effect at midnight on Friday, Finland's government announced.
The decision leaves open some avenues for Russian nationals to enter Finland - including for work, studies and what an official described as"humanitarian reasons" - but is expected to sharply reduce the number of Russians arriving. Finland was the last European Union nation to allow Russians to enter as tourists, after Poland and the Baltic States, which also share a land border with Russia,As a member of the Schengen area, which allows free travel within 26 countries in Europe, Finland has been a key entry point for Russians into the EU; last week, two-thirds of the 66,000 Russians entering the EU via land borders came through Finland, according to Frontex, the EU border agency.
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