If passed into law, the legislation would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances.
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00:00Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Oppo has called on Parliament not to weaken the deportation bill.
00:07If passed into law, the legislation would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances.
00:16Finland, which shares 1,340 km border with Russia, accuses the Kremlin of encouraging asylum seekers to cross their shared frontier.
00:27The law that we passed can of course be amended by the Parliament, but it doesn't justify it.
00:35It doesn't make sense to make a deportation bill that doesn't work.
00:40There is a limit to that, and the Parliament and the Government must assess it.
00:45In my opinion, from the point of view of the Prime Minister, Finland needs this law.
00:50I hope that the Parliament will find a solution so that the 5th and 6th amendments can be passed, and after that we can be more secure.