On Tuesday, the State Border Guard prevented 139 attempts to illegally cross the border between Latvia and Belarus, the border guard knowledgeable.
On Tuesday, the State Border Guard prevented 139 attempts to illegally cross the border between Latvia and Belarus, the border guard knowledgeable.
In latest months, unlawful migrants have change into extra lively and have usually tried to enter Latvia illegally from Belarus, however round 100 migrants per day usually are not allowed in.
In whole, this yr, border guards have prevented 11,711 folks from illegally crossing the state border, whereas 397 folks have been admitted to Latvia for humanitarian causes.
Last yr, a complete of 5,286 folks had been prevented from illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarus border, whereas 217 folks weren’t prevented from crossing the border due to humanitarian causes.
In reference to the strain of unlawful immigration, from August 11 to February 10, 2024, in a number of administrative territories on the border of Belarus, a strengthened working regime of the border safety system is in impact, which changed the state of emergency established by the authorities in August 2021 and repeatedly prolonged.
Taking into consideration the quickly rising hybrid risk on the Latvia-Belarus border, the State Border Guard has mobilized further border guards on responsibility to strengthen the safety of the exterior border. The border guard has additionally requested further help from the National Armed Forces and the State Police.
Taking into consideration the strain of unlawful immigration realized by Belarus, the authorities determined to droop the operation of the Silene border crossing level in mid-September.
