YLE: Orpo’s proposal for push-back procedure on eastern border shot down by experts

THE GOVERNMENT of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) is scrambling to identify means to respond to various scenarios as it prepares to re-open border-crossing points on the border between Finland and Russia.

Orpo has stated that the government will explore all options at its disposal, including look into the possibility of sending people back without processing their asylum claims in some circumstances.