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Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has commented on the reopening of the border with Russia, according to Yle. “For now, the border remains closed,” Valtonen said. She added that the reopening of the border might be reconsidered in the fall. Migrants at Finland-Russia border Last fall, Finland experienced a sharp increase in the number of migrants from Somalia and Iraq at its border with Russia. In response, Finland closed the border and recently extended the suspension of border crossing operations until further notice. A journalistic investigation revealed that Russian security agencies…

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