Event 34

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia",
    "FI-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct references to the use of force and gas by Finnish border guards on a group attempting irregular entry from Russia, with supporting headline, date, and narrative. The event is described in both the visible text and the screenshot. Evidence confirms border crossing attempt and Finnish security response.",
  "continuous_since": "2023-11-10T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "There has been a spike in attempts to cross the Finnish-Russian border illegally, with mounting evidence of state-enabled irregular migration over several days.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "On Friday, Finnish border guards used force and gas spray to stop a group of 29 people, including children and women, attempting to cross the border from Russia at the Niirala crossing point. All individuals applied for asylum. The incident occurred just before border closures set by the Finnish government. Russian authorities were reported to have brought asylum seekers to the border.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-11-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "News article confirms Finnish authorities confronted a group attempting to cross from Russia using force and gas.",
    "Incident part of a broader context of increased, abnormal border activities linked to Russian authorities' actions.",
    "29 people, including women and children, attempted to cross the Finnish border from Russia on foot and by bicycle.",
    "Finnish border guard used force and gas spray to stop the group.",
    "Incident occurred on November 17, 2023, corresponding to increased migration pressure on this route.",
    "Finnish border guards used force and gas spray to halt a group of asylum seekers crossing from Russia.",
    "Incident occurred at Niirala border crossing before a scheduled border closure.",
    "All 29 were asylum seekers, and Russian border authorities reportedly escorted groups to the border."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "On Friday, 29 people passed the Finnish border from the Russian side via bicycle and on foot. Children and women were involved.",
    "The border guard had to use force to stop the group and to use gas spray on one person.",
    "The Finnish Border Guard has described a shift in tactics on the Russian side, contributing to the volume and nature of crossings.",
    "On Saturday, 71 people arrived in Finland, four of whom through the barriers at the closed border crossing.",
    "Finnish border guards had to use force, gas to stop 29 people from crossing",
    "On Friday, 29 people passed the Finnish border from the Russian side via bicycle and on foot. Children and women were involved. The border guard had to use force to stop the group and to use gas spray on one person.",
    "Finnish border guards had to use force to stop the group and to use gas spray on one person.",
    "At the Niirala border crossing, border guards had to stop by force on Friday evening a group of about 29 people who had arrived on bicycles",
    "All persons have applied for asylum in Finland, Murtonen said.",
    "The Russian border authorities bring asylum seekers to the Finnish border and close the gates behind them immediately"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migration",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "News article confirms Finnish authorities confronted a group attempting to cross from Russia using force and gas.",
            "Incident part of a broader context of increased, abnormal border activities linked to Russian authorities' actions."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Finnish border guards had to use force, gas to stop 29 people from crossing",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Niirala border crossing, Finland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "captured_at": "2025-11-23T16:05:37.414029Z",
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "hash": "3c0633abb80d3011220e8ac052f3521e460837428d27a924e47224b427692e35",
      "mime": "image/jpeg",
      "origin": "restore",
      "size_bytes": 2797387,
      "source_url": null,
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_34_1763913937_6c52f2c2.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Migrants",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609168693/finnish-border-guards-had-to-use-force-gas-to-stop-29-people-from-crossing"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Finnish border guards used force and gas to stop a large group of migrants crossing from Russia.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609168693/finnish-border-guards-had-to-use-force-gas-to-stop-29-people-from-crossing"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migration",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "18-Nov-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Finland More details. Some migrants are aggressive. One was gassed. Then treated and is 'doing well'",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609168693/finnish-border-guards-had-to-use-force-gas-to-stop-29-people-from-crossing",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}