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The Guardian ^ | January 14, 2015 | Alec Luhn
Norway has said it will send refugees back across its Arctic border with Russia on bicycles. About 5,500 people, most of them Syrians, cycled through the Arctic Circle Storskog crossing in 2015 to take advantage of a loophole in border rules: while Russia does not allow people to cross on foot and Norway does not let in drivers carrying people without documents, bicycles are permitted at both ends. The Norwegian national police directorate said it was trying to avoid sending the refugees back on bicycles, but it has ordered that two-wheelers ditched after the crossing "be gathered up for use...
The Guardian ^ | January 14, 2015 | Alec Luhn
Norway has said it will send refugees back across its Arctic border with Russia on bicycles. About 5,500 people, most of them Syrians, cycled through the Arctic Circle Storskog crossing in 2015 to take advantage of a loophole in border rules: while Russia does not allow people to cross on foot and Norway does not let in drivers carrying people without documents, bicycles are permitted at both ends. The Norwegian national police directorate said it was trying to avoid sending the refugees back on bicycles, but it has ordered that two-wheelers ditched after the crossing "be gathered up for use...