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The Nordic nation saw close to ten-fold increase in asylum seekers entering the country last year. Over 32,000 refugees entered the nation, compared to just 3,600 in 2014. Video of the brawl shows a number of men fighting on a street in Jakobstad, a town in the north of the country. It shows one man in a red shirt repeatedly attempting to strike another male in a black top, before what appears to be a security guard steps in.

YOUTUBE A group of people were filmed fighting in a northern Finnish town

“Why do you do that?” the man in the red shirt shouts as he is restrained. He then tries to approach the man again before once more being restrained. Footage of the incident was first posted online over the summer, but has recently come to attention after being reposted on various websites. While several online commenters have criticised the behaviour of the men involved and claimed they were migrants – there background is not known. Earlier this year thousands of Iraqi refugees who had arrived in Finland chose to cancel their asylum requests to return home. Many cited family difficulties and disappointment with life in Finland.

YOUTUBE Police were called to break-up the clash

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Speaking to Reuters back in February, refugee Alsaedi Hussein said: “My baby boy is sick, I need to get back home.” Tobias van Treeck, program officer at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said: “Some say the conditions in Finland and the lengthy asylum process did not meet their expectations, or what they had been told by the people they paid for their travel.”

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