President Sauli Niinistö talked to the reporters on possible refugees flow after a meeting with the Committee of Foreign and Security on Friday. Photo Lehtikuva.
President Sauli Niinistö on Friday expressed concern over a possible rise in the number of refugees trying to enter Finland through Russia.
In the current refugee crisis, nearly all refugees have entered Finland via its western neighbor Sweden. Refugee flow via Russia has gone across the land border into Norway, and very few people have crossed into Finland so far.
Niinistö referred to toughened Norwegian measures and said the focus could shift to Finland, if Finnish criteria are easier than those in Norway.
Niinistö said that as joint European solutions have not been found, countries take national decisions.
"We have seen clearly elsewhere in Europe that neighboring countries are watched. What one country does, the other will repeat," he said.
