Finland rejects nearly all Slovak asylum-seekers

Nearly all Slovak asylum-seekers have had their applications refused in Finland so far this year, reports the Helsingin Sanomat.

This year over 200 members of Slovakia's Roma or Gipsy minority have applied for political asylum in Finland.

According to Matti Heinonen of the Directorate of Immigration, nearly all applications have so far been denied.

Many of these asylum-seekers have applied for asylum in Finland before and 40 percent of them have applied in one other EU me...