When you see the way groups of Somalis inside Russia turning up at the Russian borders with Finland and Estonia, it becomes clear this is not spontaneous.
The Russian authorities are using the poor sods as fodder for their silly games.
Not too surprising, I suppose, given they send actual Russians en masse into the face of guns in Ukraine, expecting them to be entirely wiped out.
Oh, and they've now started dupe the poor blooming migrants into signing up for that, as well.
Nov 2023:
Finland to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/22/finland-to-close-all-but-one-russia-crossing-point-to-stop-asylum-seekers
Dec 2023
Russia luring migrants from Finnish border for war in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67647379
Finnish authorities accused Russia of encouraging the influx and abandoning their usual visa checks for travellers entering the border zone.
They highlighted the organised distribution of bicycles, most of them brand new, which migrants used to cover the last stretch of the Russian border zone, bypassing Russia's ban on approaching its border posts on foot.