A foreigner was detained in Norway for illegally crossing the border with Russia.

Police in Finnmark province have detained a man with foreign citizenship who illegally crossed the border from Russia and asked for asylum in the kingdom, police said.

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“The man was detained by the border patrol. The man applied for asylum in Norway after he crossed the border from Russia,” the report says.

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It is noted that the man was detained on Friday night, when he turned to the owners of a private house with a request for help. Earlier, Russian border guards warned their Norwegian colleagues that suspicious footprints were found in the border strip, and perhaps a defector went to Norway. The Norwegian patrol immediately started searching.

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The nationality of the illegal migrant is not disclosed, the police establishes his identity.