Crossings remained low in turbulent border year
Norwegian immigration police summarize traffic for 2023, 30% growth, but far below pre-COVID levels. In 2023, the Norwegian-Russian border saw
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Whitehorse residents paying it forward by shoveling snow for those who can’t
There is a magic in the air when it snows in the Yukon, but when it comes to shoveling it,
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Finland closes several border-crossing points to Russia
Following a rapid growth in illegal border traffic, the Nordic country closes four of its border-crossing points to Russia. The
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Cabinet postpones meeting on border crossings; Russia ‘deeply regrets’ Finnish moves
The Kremlin has reacted with displeasure to statements by Finnish leaders, who accused Russia of funneling asylum-seekers to its border.
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Researcher seeks to improve immigrant employment in Northern Finland
Nafisa Yeasmin, a Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, was named Academic of the Year 2019 by
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Arctic Finland faces shortage of temporary berry pickers as Thailand holds back on visas
Authorities in Thailand have limited the number of Thai citizens who can apply for visas to work as berry pickers
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Recruiter in Finland accused of discriminating against Russian-Finnish dual citizen freed by court
The Helsinki District Court has dismissed a case against a man suspected of discriminating against a Finnish-Russian job applicant applying
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Alaska’s senator Murkowski ‘not inclined’ to back Trump on Mexico tariff
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she and most of her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to
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Russia intercepted over 1,000 people trying to cross Finnish border in 2018: paper
Russian officials reportedly stopped more than 1,000 people from illegally crossing the border into Finland last year, according to the
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Sweden to grant refugee status to Chinese Uighurs
Uighurs and other Muslims and Turkic minorities from China’s Xinjiang province who seek a safe haven in Sweden will now
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Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed
Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in
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Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year
According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer
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Muslim community in northwestern Canada grows into its new mosque
Nearly 20 men pray together in the dying sunlight on a Friday afternoon in late December. They kneel and rise
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Uighurs in Sweden say they face surveillance, threats from China
People from the minority group say they have been pressed to gather information about other Uighurs living in Sweden and
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First mosque opens in Canada’s Yukon territory
Yukon’s first mosque opened Friday, and leaders say it marks an important milestone for Canada. Muhammad Javed, president of the
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