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Disease control and border lockdown at the EU's internal borders during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Finland
Борьба с распространением вируса и закрытие внутренних границ ЕС во время пандемии COVID-19: пример Финляндии
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Abstract The article discusses the lockdown of the EU’s internal borders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Special attention is paid to bordering as a means for disease control and the governments' aim to "protect the population and secure functions of society" during the pandemic. Not only did the go... mehr
The article discusses the lockdown of the EU’s internal borders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Special attention is paid to bordering as a means for disease control and the governments' aim to "protect the population and secure functions of society" during the pandemic. Not only did the government restrict flights and 'nonessential' travel from non-Schengen countries such as Russia, China and Thailand but, with some exceptions, it also restricted everyday cross-border encounters and commuting between Finland and its Schengen neighbours of Sweden, Norway and Estonia. The restrictions hampered tourism and migrant-dependent industries; they also complicated the lives of migrants' families. While lockdown of the Estonian and Russian border does not cause any debates in Finnish society, the closure of the Finnish-Swedish border area that had been completely open since the 1950s led to a debate on citizens' constitutional rights and civil disobedience in the form of semilegal border crossings.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; Epidemie; Finnland; Grenzschutz; Schweden; Estland; Migration; Bürgerrecht; Gesundheitspolitik
Klassifikation
Gesundheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
bordering; COVID-19; pandemic; EU's internal borders
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 83-102
Zeitschriftentitel
Baltic Region, 12 (2020) 4
Heftthema
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the socio-economic and demographic development of the countries of the Baltic region
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2020-4-5
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Keine Bearbeitung 4.0