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July 15, 2024

Finland Passes Measure Allowing Border Agents to Deny Entry to Asylum Seekers
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Finland has passed a bill that allows authorities to turn away asylum
seekers at its border, a move immigration and rights groups warn is a
violation of international law. This comes after Finland last year
closed all its land crossings with Russia amid mounting tensions since
Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. Finland joined NATO last year after
decades of pursuing a military policy of nonalignment.


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