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Finland to close entire Russian border after migrant surge
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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"Finland's far-right cabinet collaborates with Russia to create a media crisis"
Or you know, not supporting russias migrant trafficking.
Yeah sure, that'd be a better option. Maybe our oligarchs should bribe the traffickers better
Or the state organize it better
Finland co-organizing migration busses with Russia could be an idea but probably not going to happen in the current state of the world.
Or Russia organizing some kind of ratios with all their neighbors to spread the load.
Meant only the state of Russia. This is Russia’s own show, will stay as such.
Nothing more collaborationist than shutting their bullshit down.
Russian 5D checkers strikes again.
We'll have to see if anyone shuts it down. Would be nice but not holding my breath
Do you feel like Russia is going to send them over the border illegally? Would've been quite the escalation but not unheard of.
The people getting rides to the border were technically "illegal" (propaganda term, there's nothing wrong moving around) already as Russia was skipping the visas etc.
I'm not even that sure on how much this is geopolitical action or just corruption at play.
If whoever benefits (at least money) from transferring people towards a border out of there it might continue, even if the people might have to try around a closed border crossing.
The way that the traffickers and Russian authorities sold the idea to the migrants was that you'd get in nice and easy and that Finland was the door to the EU.
Harder to sell those trips if the border is closed, guarded and those trying to cross are yeeted back. Why pay to get here if the outlook not so good and there's opportunities to get in closer to your starting location.
The yeeting won't (shouldn't and can't) happen. Finding a guard is now a useless hassle. Or just go over somewhere and you'll be fetched.
Haven't they managed it before, at the Polish border?
Nah Poland messed up, there are deaths
Yeah it's a messed up situation.