Latvia would be ready to mobilize forces and repel the mass flow of migrants from Belarus, although there is no evidence of a similar situation at the Polish-Belarusian border at the Latvian-Belarusian border, Interior Minister Marija Golubeva (AP) told TV3 in 900 seconds.
The State Border Guard (NSS) closely cooperates with the National Armed Forces (NAF) and analyzes possible development scenarios, as well as plans how to stop the flow of migrants across the border in mass, if necessary. “There is no indication that we would not be able to control the situation,” the minister emphasized.
She stated that a 30-kilometer-long barbed wire fence has already been installed on the Latvian-Belarusian border. It is located exactly where it would be easiest to cross the border on foot. In total, the installation of a 37-kilometer-long fence is planned to be completed by the end of next week, but the rest of the places are swampy or the Daugava is flowing along the border.
Asked whether Latvia should currently try to restructure its border guard resources in order to tighten controls on the border with Belarus and provide a rapid response if necessary, Golubeva replied that in the event of large numbers of people approaching the border guard, NBS. “All these forces are ready to react quickly,” the Minister of the Interior confirmed.
LETA has already written that hundreds of migrants from Belarus are trying to break into Polish territory these days. On Tuesday evening, the Polish news agency PAP announced that two large groups of migrants had nevertheless managed to break into Poland from Belarus. All illegal immigrants who have entered Polish territory have been detained, Polish Defense Minister Marjusz Blaschak said on Wednesday morning.
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