Finland extends closure of Russian border for another month, fearing a migrant influx

Finland said Thursday it would extend the closure of its border with Russia for another month because it suspects Moscow is trying to undermine the Nordic country's security by sending undocumented migrants across the frontier. Finland closed the border late last year after 1,300 migrants without proper documentation or visas had arrived across the frontier since September — an unusually high number, just months after Finland joined the NATO alliance. Finland accused Russia of deliberating ushering the migrants to its normally heavily controlled border.