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FILED - September 22, 2021, Acuna, Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico: Migrants cross back and forth from Mexico to the US. Currently over 12,000 migrants are living under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, but gather supplies, such as food, from Mexico. (Credit Image: © Raquel Natalicchio/ZUMA Press Wire Photo: Raquel Natalicchio/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

MIGRATION

About 192,000 migrants caught at US southern border in September

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/23/21

Republicans accuse Biden, a Democrat, of creating a crisis with his more liberal migration policies

A view of the interior of Helsinki airport. Photo: Pixabay/file photo.

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS

Finland extends entry restrictions at external borders until 10 October

The Nomad Today 9/16/21

Restrictions on entry will be reinstated for residents of Singapore

HANDOUT - 23 August 2021, Russia, Alabino: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the opening of the International Military Technical Forum Army-2021. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

INDUSTRIAL CENTRE

Russia announces plans to build brand new city near Chinese border

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/4/21

The city will be named 'Sputnik' and is intended to be an industrial centre that will one day be home to 300,000 people

01 September 2021, Poland, Usnarz Gorny: Police officers stand on guard next to the village of Usnarz Gorny near a makeshift camp where a group of migrants stay and are not being let into the Polish side. The Polish government is introducing a State of Emergency on the border with Belarus in two voivodeships (the highest-level administrative division of Poland) to stop migrants crossing illegally. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

MIGRATION

State of emergency at Polish-Belarusian border set to go into effect

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/2/21

Civil rights will be restricted and media representatives will also be kept out of the zone

31 August 2021, Spain, Malaga: Children play in front of check-in desks at a Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport. The province of Malaga closes the month of August with 76.42% occupancy, according to the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (Aehcos). Photo: Lorenzo Carnero/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Finland

PANDEMIC

Changes to entry restrictions at the external borders of Finland

The Nomad Today 9/2/21

Starting next week, the Finnish government reinstates the restrictions for three countries, one of them European

19 August 2021, Poland, Usnarz Gorny: Polish Border guards stand guarding the Afghan refugees stuck at the Polish-Belarusian border. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

MIGRATION

Fortress Europe? EU members fortifying borders against immigration

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/31/21

Since the massive migration movement in 2015, fortifications and barb wire have gone up along the EU borders, mostly to keep out migrants

World

IMMIGRATION

Poland erects 2.5 metre high fence on Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/23/21

Nine hundred soldiers are already deployed along the 418-kilometre-long border with Belarus

A view of the city of Bergen, in the Norwegian coast. Photo: Pixabay.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Finland lifts time limits for crossing the Norwegian border

The Nomad Today 7/18/21

From 26 July onwards, cruise ship passengers arriving from an EU or Schengen country are allowed to disembark

Helsinki-Airport-lobby-security-control-bag-drop-by-Finavia

Tourism

TRAVEL

Finland extends internal border controls until end of July

The Nomad Today 7/8/21

In practice the continuation of internal border control means that between 12 and 25 July the border authorities will first assess whether or not people can enter the country

31 May 2021, Czech Republic, Lany: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis leaves the Lany Castle after a meeting with President Milos Zeman. Photo: Vondrou Roman/CTK/dpa

Tourism

REOPENING

Czech Republic opens borders to tourists from all EU countries

The Nomad Today 6/8/21

Those who have received just one vaccine shot will be considered vaccinated for entry purposes.

People wearing protective masks in Helsinki central station. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Restrictions on entry into Finland extended until 30 April

The Nomad Today 3/31/21

The Ministry of the Interior especially reminds travelers from Estonia that a holiday or work other than tasks that are considered essential for the functioning of society does not entitle…

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Restrictions on entry into Finland extended until 18 March

The Nomad Today 2/19/21

Finland currently restricts entry from all other Schengen countries except Iceland.

Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo with Border Guard officers at the Finnish-Swedish border in Lapland. Photo: Border Guard/@rajavartijat/Twitter.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland restricts opening hours for crossing border points

The Nomad Today 2/11/21

New restrictions will apply from 15 February at certain border crossings with Norway, Sweden and Russia.

Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo and Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, Krista Kiuru. Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Finland tightens border traffic

The Nomad Today 1/23/21

Entry into the country based on employment will be restricted to essential duties.

HANDOUT - 21 January 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Council President Charles Michel takes part in a EU summit video conference at the European Council headquarters. EU leaders were striving to forge a strategy to keep in check fast-spreading new coronavirus variants, with some nations warning they may have to tighten borders. Photo: Dario Pignatelli/European Council/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

CORONAVIRUS

EU borders to stay open but pre-travel virus testing to be amped up

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/22/21

Several states dependent on tourism are meanwhile to introduce a European 'vaccine passport,' which would allow restrictions to be lifted for those who have received a jab.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland to further tighten border traffic against new Covid-19 variant

The Nomad Today 1/14/21

The government also agreed that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs would update the current travel recommendations.

27 August 2020, Belarus, Minsk: Members of the AMAP (OMON) special police forces take position during a protest at the Independence Square against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

World

WITH EU NEIGHBOURS

Belarus closes western borders as military tensions rise

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/18/20

Military manoeuvres with NATO troops are being conducted in Lithuania and Ukraine. At the same time, the Belarusian army is training with Russian forces in the west of the country near the EU's…

Tourism

Denmark eases anti-virus border controls

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/4/20

Border controls will be periodic and selective, allowing for smoother traffic flows, the police said.

Minister of Transport Timo Harakka (L) and Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo at the press conference. Photos: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland restores border controls with 10 more countries

The Nomad Today 8/19/20

All border decisions will take effect on Monday 24 August.

Belgium, Brussels: European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks during a press conference transmitted via video on the fight against migrant smuggling. Photo: Lukasz Kobus/European Commission/dpa.

World

EU to enhance cooperation to combat migrant smuggling

The Nomad Today 7/13/20

Amnesty International warned that the EU's migration policy did not protect those in need, and instead merely aimed at preventing refugees from arriving at the EU borders.