
Asylum seekers arrive to refugee reception center in the northern town of Tornio, Finland on September 25, 2015. File Photo – Str / Lehtikuva.
The influx of refugees from Sweden across Tornio border has been declining gradually.
A total of 133 asylum seekers had arrived at the Tornio reception centre on Friday till early evening, immigration and police sources said.
The refugee inflow on Friday was the lowest in the last three weeks after the registration process had begun.
On an average about 500 refugees arrived in the country daily during the busy days and more than 6,000 asylum seekers had registered till Sunday, said the police.
The number of new arrivals registered with the centre this week has been below 200 a day.
A total of 160 asylum seekers were registered with Tornio centre on Friday. All the new arrivals on Friday were registered in addition to a few asylum seekers who had arrived on Thursday.