Finland Erects Barriers at Russian Border to Curb Migrants
Voice of America
Migrants look at a Finnish Customs official's dog at the international border crossing at Salla, northern Finland, Nov. 22, 2023. In this photo released by Governor of Murmansk region Andrey Chibis on Nov. 22, 2023, migrants gather getting hot drinks inside a tent near Russia's border with Finland.
Finnish border guards and soldiers began erecting barriers including concrete obstacles topped with barbed wire at some crossing points on the Nordic country’s lengthy border with Russia to better control an influx of migrants, officials said Wednesday. Finland said it will close three more crossing points, leaving only one Arctic point open for migrants seeking asylum.
Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station during the last round of a six-week-long national election near Dharamshala, India, June 1, 2024. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, stand in queue to cast their votes during the last round of a six-week-long national election, in Kolkata, India, June 1, 2024.
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