Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila has put on hold a plan to open his country home to a family of asylum seekers, apparently for security reasons, the BBC reported on Monday.

The cabinet security chief told Finnish media that Sipila's offer last September had made the house "too public" for any family to stay there.

The prime minister had said everyone should "look in the mirror and ask how we can help" new arrivals in Finland.

Sipila said on Sunday that his offer still stood and once the security situation improved, then a family would be able to move in.

Source: MENA