The construction of a fence along Finland’s long border with Russia has broken ground, less than two weeks after the Nordic country joined NATO.
The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border with Russia - primarily meant to curb illegal migration - has broken ground near the southeastern town of Imatra less than two weeks after the Nordic country joined NATO as the 31st member of the military alliance.
This is a scenario that Finland - a nation 5.5 million people that officially became a NATO member on April 4 - wants to prevent from repeating itself.on Feb. 24 last year - the main reason for Finland’s quick push to join NATO after decades of military nonalignment - that prompted construction of the border fence.
“In this new situation, we must have much more credible and much more independent border control,” Tolppanen said. “We need to strengthen our resources. And the fence is necessary in order to manage, for example, large-scale illegal immigration.”
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