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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18227</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2017-25-4-518-533</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Asylum Seekers and Security at the Northern Finnish-Russian Border: Analysing ‘Arctic Route Episode’ of 2015-2016</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Беженцы и национальная безопасность на северной части финско-российской границы: анализ «арктического маршрута» в 2015-2016 гг</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Piipponen</surname><given-names>Minna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пииппонен</surname><given-names>Минна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Dr. (Human Geography), Researcher, Karelian Institute</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор географических наук, исследователь карельского института</bio><email>minna.piipponen@uef.fi</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Virkkunen</surname><given-names>Joni</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Вирккунен</surname><given-names>Йони</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Dr. (Human Geography), Research Manager, Karelian Institute</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор географических наук, ведущий исследователь карельского института</bio><email>joni.virkkunen@uef.fi</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Восточной Финляндии</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2017-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>25</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 25, NO4 (2017)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 25, №4 (2017)</issue-title><fpage>518</fpage><lpage>533</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-04-03"><day>03</day><month>04</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, Piipponen M., Virkkunen J.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, Пииппонен М., Вирккунен Й.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Piipponen M., Virkkunen J.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Пииппонен М., Вирккунен Й.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/18227">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/18227</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">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 define much of the political-territorial atmosphere in the continent with severe impacts on the European security but, significantly, also to the way countries communicated migration related threat images into desires for re-bordering. Towards the end of 2015 and early 2016, a bit strange episode happened up in the North, when asylum seekers travelled to Northern Norway and Finland through Russian Federation. Despite locating very far from the Mediterranean and Balkan routes to Europe, the Russian North appeared to become part of so-called Arctic route to the Schengen area with over 7000 African, Middle-Eastern and Asian asylum seekers. Due to the history of very strict border management and control, very few illegal border crossings and extremely distant location, the “Arctic route episode” to Norway and Finland became matters of security in many ways. After describing the overall character of this “Arctic route episode”, we will analyse different perspectives to migration related security. A particular attention will be paid to Finland, Finnish border management and foreign citizens who applied for asylum at one of the “Eastern” border crossing points (Salla or Raja-Jooseppi) in Northern Finland. The Finnish-Russian case illustrates well the networked - but still rather specific - migratory processes in Europe. The public discussion on the episode expresses well many of the international political fears and threats migration poses for those who actually are on the move.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">Европа испытала беспрецедентный пик притока беженцев в 2015 году. Более миллиона просителей убежища поступили в Европейский Союз через Средиземное море, а затем, используя все виды транспорта, в том числе пешком, из Южной - в Центральную и Северную части ЕС. Этот «миграционный кризис» стал определять большую часть политико-территориальной атмосферы на континенте с серьезным воздействием на европейскую безопасность. Важно то, какую информацию транслировали страны о данных миграционных потоках. К концу 2015 года и в начале 2016 года появились беженцы, которые отправились в Северную Норвегию и Финляндию через Российскую Федерацию. Несмотря на то, что российский Север, находясь очень далеко от Средиземного и Балканского маршрутов в Европу, оказался частью так называемого арктического маршрута в Шенгенскую зону с более чем 7000 африканскими, ближневосточными и азиатскими беженцами. «Арктический маршрут» в Норвегию и Финляндию изучается с позиции безопасности, в силу достаточно строгого пограничного контроля. Описав общий характер этого «арктического маршрута», авторы проанализировали различные перспективы безопасности, связанные с миграцией. Особое внимание уделено Финляндии, финскому пограничному управлению и иностранным гражданам, которые подали ходатайство о предоставлении убежища на одном из «восточных» пунктов пересечения границы в Северной Финляндии. Финско-российский эпизод хорошо иллюстрирует сетевые, но все же довольно специфические миграционные процессы, характерные для Европы в целом. Общественная дискуссия по этому эпизоду отражает многие международные политические опасения и угрозы, связанные с миграцией. Ключевые слова: арктический маршрут, беженцы, пограничное управление, Европейский союз, Финляндия, Россия, безопасность</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Arctic route</kwd><kwd>asylum seekers</kwd><kwd>border management</kwd><kwd>European Union</kwd><kwd>Finland</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>security</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>арктический маршрут</kwd><kwd>беженцы</kwd><kwd>пограничное управление</kwd><kwd>Европейский союз</kwd><kwd>Финляндия</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>безопасность</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Castles S., Miller M. 2009. The Age of Migration. International Population Movements in the Modern World. Fourth Edition. Palgrave Macmillan.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Finnish Border Guard 2015-2016. Rajavartiolaitoksen tiedotteet - News from the Border Guard. 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