/nginx/o/2021/07/08/13902629t1h4e7d.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Minister of the Interior to discuss the situation on the Latvian-Belarusian border with the Saeima faction – in Latvia – News")
He said that the issue of how security at the borders could be improved had already been discussed with the responsible officials in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima.
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“The question is whether enough is being done. In this context, there is a strong political stance that we will not allow the deliberate influx of migrants from other regions of the world that have nothing to do with the word ‘refugees’,” Dombrava said. paid large sums of money to smugglers to take them to Europe.
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“If there were still Belarusians fleeing some repression in their country, but there is no such thing here. They are also people from Middle Eastern countries. There may also be terrorists with experience in the Syrian civil war. We cannot be absolutely sure that Russian special services are not being sent. “Migrants need to understand that there will be no parenting, and the border guard must give a very clear signal that not only are commands given to arrest, but if the situation forces us, to defend our land,” said Dombrava.
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He emphasized the urgent need to develop border protection measures to be implemented, which would also be discussed with Golubev.
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The NA’s meeting with Golubeva on Tuesday is scheduled to take place remotely in the middle of the day, but Dombrava could not say the exact time.
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It has already been reported that the Latvian National Armed Forces have sent ground guards to the country’s eastern border since July 12 to step up measures to deter illegal immigration. The National Guards were sent to the Latvian-Russian and Latvian-Belarusian borders.
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This decision was made due to the increased flow of illegal migrants across the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.
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