Refusal from army service not sufficient reason to seek asylum in Finland

Refusal from army service not sufficient reason to seek asylum in Finland — top diplomat

World September 23, 2022, 20:09

"I don’t think that the refusal from military service following the call-up (in the context of the partial mobilization in Russia - TASS) is a sufficient reason to seek asylum [in Finland]," the Iltalehti newspaper quoted him as saying

STOCKHOLM, September 23. /TASS/. Refusal from army service is not a sufficient ground to seek asylum in Finland, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Friday.

"I don’t think that the refusal from military service following the call-up (in the context of the partial mobilization in Russia - TASS) is a sufficient reason to seek asylum [in Finland]," the Iltalehti newspaper quoted him as saying.