After speaking to her Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto at a face-to-face meeting Friday, Liimets said that: "From the Estonian side, we understand Finland's concerns and tried to discuss in this framework how it is possible to maintain labor migration in a way that takes into account the need to control the virus."
Finland on Wednesday returned to a border regime similar to the one it had during the first coronavirus wave in spring, potentially leaving thousands of Estonian citizens and residents who work in Finland barred from entering, or re-entering should they leave Finland, the country; several sectors in the Finnish economy make heavy use of Estonian employment, including the health-care sector and construction, though Finland has imposed exemptions in the case of essential workers.
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