Finland to close all borders with Russia after migrant surge

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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told a press conference in Helsinki that the last remaining border post, in the Arctic, would be closed until 13 December.

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00:00 The big freeze on movement between Finland and Russia continues.

00:06 Helsinki is about to close its last remaining border crossing along its shared 1,300-kilometre

00:11 frontier due to a surge in migrant arrivals, predominantly from the Middle East and Africa.

00:17 Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has accused Moscow of undermining his country's national security

00:22 and trying to create a migrant crisis after Finland joined NATO earlier this year.

00:27 In April, the Kremlin warned it could be forced to take "countermeasures in response to the

00:32 Nordic countries' accession to the US-led alliance."

00:35 We will continue to follow the situation.

00:37 (whooshing)

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