Finland says EU should help end migrant influx from Russia

FILE PHOTO: Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo holds a press conference together with the Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (not pictured) and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured) in Stockholm, Sweden, January 19, 2024. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS/File Photo

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The European Union should take measures to help Finland put a stop to an influx of migrants via Russia, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday.

Finland last year shut its long border with Russia amid a growing number of arrivals from countries including Syria and Somalia, and accused Moscow of weaponising migration against the Nordic nation and the EU, an assertion the Kremlin denies.