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The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country.

Frontex said that it expects a “significant reinforcement” made up of 50 border guard officers and other staff, along with patrol cars and additional equipment, to be put in place as soon as next week.

More than 800 migrants without proper visas and documentation have arrived in Finland so far since August, with more than 700 in November alone by the end of Wednesday — compared to a few dozen in September and October. They include people from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Kenya, Morocco and Somalia.

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[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This strategy is clever in the short term, given the lines of attack they’re leaning on in the information side of the war.

I rather think it's based on KGB-style misunderstanding of the liberal mindset: The intended goal seems to be either a) cause overload of the asylum system, distracting the country, and/or b) cause internal division in the country, xenophobes vs. liberals. What they just can't fathom is, as happened not just in Poland but also with the rest of Europe's reaction to what the Poles did, c) everyone putting the blame squarely on Russia. Because no matter how much a liberal's heart may bleed what's worse is abusing vulnerable people for your bullshit and discouraging that by putting up a hard front is more important than the fucked situation the people themselves are in because the state of the system is more important than random acts of charity. Really, tl;dr: It's a bad move to negotiate with terrorists. Always.

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