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Finland follows Sweden's lead and announces it will expel 20,000 of the 32,000 migrants who arrived in 2015
Finland has joined Sweden in announcing plans to repatriate tens of thousands of migrants whose asylum requests will likely be rejected. The two Nordic countries are both struggling to cope with with an unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants fleeing war and misery in the Middle East and elsewhere, and they receive among the highest number of arrivals per capita in the EU. The Finnish government said it expect to deport around 20,000 of the 32,000 asylum-seekers it received in 2015.
- Finnish government to deport 65 percent of 32,000 migrants arrived in 2015
- Finland made it more difficult for Iraqis, Afghans and Somalis to get asylum
- Around 20,000 of Finland's asylum-seekers are from Iraq
- Migrants will be placed in transit centres and from there repatriated
- Charter flights will gradually deport them to their home countries
Finland has joined Sweden in announcing plans to repatriate tens of thousands of migrants whose asylum requests will likely be rejected. The two Nordic countries are both struggling to cope with with an unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants fleeing war and misery in the Middle East and elsewhere, and they receive among the highest number of arrivals per capita in the EU. The Finnish government said it expect to deport around 20,000 of the 32,000 asylum-seekers it received in 2015.