Asylum Seekers and Security at the Northern Finnish-Russian Border: Analysing ‘Arctic Route Episode’ of 2015-2016

• Published in: RUDN Journal of Economics
• Main Authors: Minna Piipponen, Joni Virkkunen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2017
• Subjects: арктический маршрут; беженцы; пограничное управление; Европейский союз; Финляндия; Россия; безопасность; Economic growth; development; planning; HD72-88; Economics as a science; HB71-74; Arctic; Norway; Salla; Raja-Jooseppi; Northern Finland; Northern Norway; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2017-25-4-518-533; https://doaj.org/article/679fe3e1530642ad9a44c64376e4f40b

Europe experienced an unprecedented peak in asylum seekers in 2015. Over a million asylum seekers entered the European Union across the Mediterranean Sea and travelled by all means of transport, including by foot, from South to Central and Northern parts of the EU. This “migration crisis” became to...