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‘Migrant Instrumentalisation’ , EU’s Border with Belarus and Russia and Realities on the Ground

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In late November 2023, Finland temporary closed all its border crossing points with Russia in response to the perceived ‘instrumentalisation of migrants’ by that country. This has been made possible by the recent amendments to the Finnish Border Guard Act that allow for border closure in case of a large influx of migrants, deliberately caused […]

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