The Finnish government says that people are waiting just over the border in Russia for the frontier to be reopened, so they can try to cross.
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00:00 Finland's interior minister says her country will continue to keep the border with Russia
00:05 closed until at least February.
00:10 Mari Rantanen said the measure was extended on national security grounds.
00:16 Restrictions were first imposed on the frontier in November after Helsinki accused Moscow
00:21 of deliberately directing undocumented migrants to the Finnish side.
00:27 Tensions have been soaring between the two countries since Finland joined NATO last year.
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