▲ A view of the border of Narva, Estonia, facing Russia
Poland, the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which border Russia, have decided not to allow asylum for men fleeing Russia to escape conscription, the Wall Street Journal reported.
It is reported that these countries have agreed to a joint policy to exclude expanding the "standard of asylum" that could lead to the entry of Russians fleeing the recent military mobilization order issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Officials interviewed by the WSJ said they could not do anything that would endanger the country's internal safety by accepting a large number of potential conscripts.
Poland and the Baltic States have been blocking the entry of most Russians since the 19th.
As a result, the overland route to the EU was practically limited to Finland.
Even within the European Union (EU), each country has a different position on whether to accept Russians seeking asylum to avoid military mobilization.
Unlike the EU countries adjacent to Russia, France and Germany are of the opinion that young Russians, civil society activists and opponents of Putin should have access to the EU.
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