Hundreds of Russians asked for asylum in Finland

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Hundreds of Russians asked for asylum in Finland
Hundreds of Russians asked for asylum in Finland, of which around a hundred - "Jehovah's Witnesses". The mass emigration of believers is related to the fact that in July of last year the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the religious organization as "extremist" and banned its activities.

Most of all "Jehovah's Witnesses" came to the center for the reception of refugees in Joutseno in the city of Lappeenranta, Yle writes. They created a special parish group for Russian asylum seekers. "The number of Russians has grown since last year, in particular, the number of religious refugees seeking refuge in Finland has increased," cites the publication of the director of the reception center Joutseno Jari Käykkönen. Now, 250 Russian asylum seekers live in Joutseno, about a third of them are Jehovah's Witnesses. According to Jehovah's Witnesses themselves, more than 100 adherents to the movement came from Russia.

According to the Immigration Service, 72 Russian asylum seekers arrived in Finland in the first two months of 2018. The Russians became the second largest group of asylum seekers after the Iraqis. The number of refugees from Russia increased last year to 411 people.

The director of the press service of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Finland, Veikko Leinonen, doubts that the flow of believing refugees from Russia will increase, although the situation in Russia is complicated. "A large flow is not expected if the aggravation of the situation does not lead to violence." Jehovah's Witnesses "will go underground, as they did in Soviet times," said Leinonen.

Prohibition of "Jehovah's Witnesses"

In April last year, the Supreme Court in the suit of the Ministry of Justice has recognized "extremist organization" Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia "(shortly before dozens" witnesses "brochures and books were considered" extremist "). In July, the presidium of the court upheld this decision, banning the activities of some 400 legal entities of "Jehovah's Witnesses" and about 175,000 followers of the movement, the representatives of the management center said. Russia's Ministry of Justice included the movement in the list of organizations banned by extremism.According to the law, now believers can not preach, print and distribute religious literature, gather to pray in houses of prayer.Any activity of a forbidden organization threatens to its members with criminal prosecution.

Human rights defenders are actively campaigning against the persecution of "Jehovah's Witnesses". The signs by which the organization was recognized as "extremist" were also criticized by some religious scholars and lawyers. In addition, the European Union called on Russia to provide freedom of conscience and assembly for supporters of the doctrine.

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