ALBAWABA - Finland is constructing a 200-kilometer fence on its border with Russia, amid growing fears that Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes.
Finland has begun constructing a barrier fence at a border crossing it deems to be one of the “highest risk” areas for illegal migration along its border with Russia, the Finnish Border Guard said on Tuesday. https://t.co/DDlSQ9V0VO
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The Finnish Border Guard announced that the changing security environment because of the war in Ukraine made construction necessary.
The three-kilometer pilot project at the south-eastern border crossing in Imatra is expected to be completed by the end of June.
#Finland has begun constructing a 200-kilometre fence on its border with #Russia to boost security pic.twitter.com/M2uB43wboh
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In total, Finland plans to fence 200 kilometers of its 1,300-kilometer border with Russia at a cost of about 380 million euros ($597 million).
Finland starts building fence on Russian border as MPs prepare to vote on Nato bid https://t.co/fPEgTi6zdZ
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The fence will be over three metres tall, with barbed wire at the top and particularly sensitive areas equipped with night-vision cameras, lights and loudspeakers.
