Raya-Jooseppi ( Fin. Raja-Jooseppi ) is a Finnish checkpoint on the Finnish-Russian border in the Inari community in the Finnish province of Lappi , 52 km from Ivalo .
| Border point Raya Jooseppi → Lotta | |
|---|---|
 Finland |  Russia |
| Coordinates | |
| Border settlement | Raya Jooseppi |
| Border settlement | Lotte (MAPP) |
| Lifetime | 1967 |
| Establishment of modern passage | 1989 |
The point was opened on January 25, 1967, and on September 4, 1989 received the status of an international border crossing point. An automobile ( MAPP ) post on the Russian-Finnish border is open daily from 07:00 to 21:00 [1] .
In 2012, 128 054 border crossings were recorded [2] and their number is increasing [3] . Urho Kekkonen National Park and the tourist center of Saariselkä located near the border are very popular. According to the border service of the Ivalo village, the Raya-Jooseppi crossing is used to illegally transport women for prostitution in northern Norway and Finland, most of whom come from Ukraine (see prostitution in Ukraine ) and Moldova (see prostitution in Moldova ) [4] .
In November 2015, the Finnish side proposed that Russian border guards prohibit cycling across the Russian-Finnish border, citing security concerns [5] .
In connection with the budget saving regime, it is planned to reduce the operating time of the border crossing point [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Finland border points
- ↑ Rajavartiolaitoksen toimintakertomus 2012 (p. 54) (Fin.)
- ↑ 1.5 million border crossings registered at Niiirala checkpoint // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) January 3, 2013. (Retrieved September 9, 2014)
- ↑ E. Penttinen. Sounds of silence in Lapland. Narratives of trafficking in women across Finnish – Russian and Norwegian borders // Globalization, Prostitution and Sex-Trafficking. - London and New York: Routledge, 2008. - P. 94. - ISBN 978-0-415-42099-0 .
- ↑ Finland proposes to ban cycling the border with Russia. // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) November 20, 2015. (Retrieved November 20, 2015)
- ↑ Border crossings may stop working at night. // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) August 23, 2016. (Retrieved August 26, 2016)