Finland will close all its borders with Russia for travelers for the next two weeks in a bid to stem unusually large flows of asylum seekers to the northern country, which the government and its allies say is an orchestrated move by Moscow.

Finland last week closed all border crossings to travelers from Russia except one, which it kept open in the northernmost section located in the Arctic. But this will also be closed now, the government announced today.

About 900 asylum seekers from countries including Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen entered Finland from Russia in November, previously less than one per day, according to the Finnish border guard.

The decision to close all eight border crossings means that only freight traffic can take place between the two countries

Helsinki says Moscow is pushing asylum seekers across the border in retaliation for its decision to increase defense cooperation with the United States, a charge the Kremlin denies. Finland angered Russia earlier this year when it joined NATO, ending a decade-long policy of not joining military coalitions because of the war in Ukraine.

“This is an influence operation by Russia that we do not accept,” Prime Minister Petri Orpo said during a press conference.

Yesterday, Monday, the Finnish Prime Minister said that he has information from the intelligence services according to which Russian authorities help asylum seekers and that despite the closure of border crossing points there are still more people there who want to go from Russia to Finland.

Yesterday only three asylum seekers arrived in Finland through the remote Raya-Jusepi station, the last open border post, while today there were no entries.

The border post will remain open tomorrow before closing until December 13, the government announced.

Finland’s anti-discrimination commissioner said last week that the remote location of the Raya Juseppi border post raised concerns that Helsinki was jeopardizing the right to apply for asylum.

Asylum can still be claimed by travelers arriving by sea and by air, the Finnish government said today.