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submitted 8 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Estonia announced that the country may be forced to close its border crossing points with Russia due to increased migration pressures, Estonian Police and Border Guard announced on Feb. 13.

"In recent weeks, Russia has deliberately directed to the Estonian border groups of foreigners lacking the legal right to enter the European Union," the statement reads. "If these activities continue, we will be forced to close border crossing points to protect national security and public order, as has already been done in Finland due to migration pressure."

The Estonian government has noted an influx of migrants and asylum seekers from Russia over recent months.

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[-] purplepuppy@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 8 months ago

Anti-migrant racism is strong in these comments. It is amazing how easily people who consider themselves left-wing turn to racism when it helps them politically.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

You see it all the time in European politics. They'll call themselves leftist and scoff about how right wing American Democrats are while they support awful policies against refugees and migrants. They'll be racist against the Romani and say it's totally different from being racist.

The US may have right wing economics, but Europe has right wing immigration/refugee policies.

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