Estonia is ready to close border with Russia if influx of migrants increases

The Estonian government is ready to close the border with Russia if the situation with the influx of migrants gets worse but so far the situation is stable and fully under control.

Source: members of the Cabinet of Ministers at the press conference, as reported by European Pravda

Quote from Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas: "We are now dealing with a low-intensity migration attack. Since the Russian Federation usually does not let people cross its border without necessary documents. But such activity of the Russian Federation is not at all surprising – we were preparing for this and expected that they [the Russians – ed.] would use this weapon against us."

Details: Kallas added that so far, the situation is stable and fully under control. Moreover, all the checkpoints at the border are equipped with everything needed to close them if necessary.

As noted by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, Estonia is constantly in touch with Finland and is ready to help it if necessary since this is a regional problem, and Finland should not stay alone with it.

At the same time, according to Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets, so far the situation on the Estonian border is under full control, and no one will close the borders without a valid reason.

"Estonia is not so weak that we will not be able to deal with several dozen migrants at our border. Closing the border now would be a disproportionate measure. And this will rather show our weakness to our enemies, show our uncertainty to our partners, and, in addition, we can instil fear in our society. That is one of the goals of Russians when conducting this hybrid attack," commented Lauri Läänemets.

Background: 

• After Finland decided to close all but one of the checkpoints on the border with Russia, Norway announced its readiness to stop the operation of the only checkpoint on the border with Russia.
• Finnish border guards previously reported that in recent months, an exceptionally large number of people without entry documents had tried to enter Finland through checkpoints on the southeastern border.

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