Concerns over weaponisation of migration push Finland to propose new asylum law
Finland's government has proposed a new law that would allow frontier guards to turn away asylum seekers at the border, following a migrant surge Helsinki said was orchestrated by Russia. Andrew Geddes of the Migration Policy Centre tells FRANCE24's Mark Owen that the potential for migration to be a destabilising factor in both domestic and international politics is clear, and fear and concern about migration is one way that influence by hostile powers could be exerted as well as actual movement.
Finland's government has proposed a new law that would allow frontier guards to turn away asylum seekers at the border, following a migrant surge Helsinki said was orchestrated by Russia. Andrew Geddes of the Migration Policy Centre tells FRANCE24's Mark Owen that the potential for migration to be a destabilising factor in both domestic and international politics is clear, and fear and concern about migration is one way that influence by hostile powers could be exerted as well as actual movement.
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