Finland Braces for More Asylum Seekers from Russia Amid Border Crisis

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announces plans for further measures to stem the flow, as Finland accuses Russia of a 'hybrid attack' in retaliation for its NATO membership.

Finland's Prime Minister, Petteri Orpo, has announced that the country is expecting more asylum seekers to arrive at its border via Russia, and plans to take further measures to stem the flow.
Finland has seen an increase in asylum seekers from nations including Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, with some 900 individuals entering Finland from Russia in November, up from less than one per day previously.
Finland blames a change in Russian border protocol for the increase, calling it a hybrid attack, and suggests that Moscow is funnelling migrants to the border in retaliation for Finland's decision to increase defence cooperation with the United States and its recent joining of NATO.
Despite having already closed all but one entry point, Finland is still expecting more migrants to arrive, and there are reports that the government has held talks over closing the entire border.
Footage has gone viral of asylum seekers trying to cross on bicycles in freezing temperatures from Russia's northernmost border with Finland, and one asylum seeker has claimed that Russian authorities helped transport them to the border.