Officials of the State Border Guard did not detect any attempts to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border on Thursday, the border guard informs.
If, on average, around 100 people’s attempts to enter Latvia were prevented in autumn, this number has decreased in the last month and a half, and there are days in a row when no attempts have been detected.
The Minister of the Interior Rihards Kozlovskis (JV) has admitted that there may have been a pause in the pressure of illegal migration, but at the moment there is no reason to cancel the enhanced operation regime of the border guard system on the Latvian-Belarusian border.
In total, 13,863 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border this year, and 428 people have been admitted for humanitarian reasons.
Last year, a total of 5,286 people were prevented from illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarus border, while 217 people were not prevented from crossing the border due to humanitarian reasons.
In connection with the pressure of illegal immigration, until February 10, 2024, in several administrative territories on the border of Belarus, a strengthened operating regime of the border protection system is in force, which replaced the state of emergency established by the government in August 2021 and repeatedly extended in August of this year.
Taking into account the rapidly growing hybrid threat on the Latvia-Belarus border, the State Border Guard has mobilized additional border guards on duty to strengthen the protection of the external border. The border guard has also requested additional support from the National Armed Forces and the State Police.
Taking into account the pressure of illegal immigration realized by Belarus, the government decided to suspend the operation of the Silene border crossing point in mid-September.
2023-12-29 19:01:17
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