Anti-immigration Finns Party should consider leaving government - deputy chair


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  • Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's anti-immigration Finns Party should vote on whether to remain in the ruling coalition, one of its deputy leaders said on Monday as tensions grew over handling of an influx of asylum seekers.

Sebastian Tynkkynen, one of three vice chairmen, said the three-party coalition government was ignoring its commitment to keeping the number of asylum seekers at 2014 levels - 3,600.

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