Finland Shuts Door on Most Russians Escaping Mobilization

The country's Migration Service notes that mobilization alone is not enough to obtain asylum in Finland.

Finland's migration service considered almost all the claims of more than a thousand Russian men who fled the mobilization, many of whom had been waiting for their decision for several years.

Finland Shuts Door on Most Russians Escaping Mobilization

Over the past six months, 70% of Russian asylum seekers in Finland have had their applications rejected, according to the Finnish state broadcaster Yle. None of the cases are recent; many date back to the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022. Finland’s Immigration Service, Migri, explains that processing was largely delayed while the country awaited guidance from the EU on how to handle Russians fleeing military conscription. When no decis…