The government decided on the current lockout in February.
Government decided on Thursday that the border crossing points on the eastern border will remain closed until further notice. The eastern border will therefore not be opened on April 14, when the current closure ends.
In addition, the water traffic border crossings at Haapasaari, Nuijamaa port and Santio will be closed to pleasure craft traffic on April 15. from With this, the government is preparing for the possibility that “instrumented entry” could spread to water transport in the spring.
Due to the border closure, it is not possible to apply for international protection at the border crossing points of the land border between Finland and Russia.
The government decided on the current lockout on February 8. At the time, the closure was justified by the fact that it is a phenomenon of instrumented immigration that seriously threatens national security and public order, and would probably start again if there were open border crossings on the eastern border.
The eastern border has been closed, except for the Vainikkala border station intended for trains, since mid-December.
In the Ministry of the Interior so-called is also in preparation conversion law, which could limit the reception of applications for international protection at the border in certain situations. The decision could only be made for a limited part of Finland's national border and its vicinity, and it could be made for a maximum of one month at a time.
The draft law received a lot of attention during the opinion round critical feedback, and is currently being patched. Among other things, the Chancellor of Justice Tuomas Pöysti required for the draft a lot of refinements and clarifications.
The government's proposal is supposed to be presented to the parliament during April.
A new border procedure law is also due to be submitted to Parliament in the near future, which is currently being improved based on opinion feedback.
Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen (ps), however, has stated that the Border Procedures Act is not a solution to the situation at the eastern border, because only a small part of the applicants for international protection can be admitted to the border procedure.
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