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Scuffles erupted at one of Finland's border crossings with Russia on Friday after 163 migrants riding bicycles attempted to seek asylum there.
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00:00 Scuffles erupted at one of Finland's border crossings with Russia on Friday after 163
00:06 migrants riding bicycles attempted to seek asylum there.
00:09 They came just hours before four crossing points along Finland's long border with Russia
00:14 were due to be closed.
00:16 Helsinki wants to stop a recent flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants to its border,
00:21 which it says Moscow is encouraging.
00:23 After Ukraine was invaded, Finland joined NATO in April, which greatly angered Russia.
00:30 Easy.
00:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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