Services ready to repel large numbers of border violators on the border with Belarus / Article

According to him, the State Border Guard has worked with the State Police and the NAF to reduce the number of border violators on the border with Belarus. Thus, the situation in this place has been stabilized. However, migrants who are trying to enter the territory of Latvia illegally from Belarus are still being detected every day. There were 17 of them last day.

Pujāts admitted that the State Border Guard has previously introduced enhanced protection of the border with Russia, but in recent months there has not been a large number of border violators.

“The Russian border is not a threat where a large influx of migrants is expected,” the head of the State Border Guard noted.

Asked to what extent the Latvian services are ready to protect the border if the violation of the border with Belarus becomes more massive, Pujāts stated that the total capacity of the services is high. The Latvian services are ready to repel a larger number of border violators, and “its readiness is at a sufficiently high level”.

The head of the State Border Guard stated that illegal means of crossing the border would be prevented by using various means, including means of restraining the crowd, shields. In addition, a temporary fence has been built on the border with Belarus for more than 30 kilometers.

It is expected that within a week a temporary fence will be built along the entire length of the border with Belarus, which is 37 kilometers.

CONTEXT:

In the summer of 2021 the number of migrants increased significantly, which is trying to enter the territory of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland illegally from Belarus. Most migrants are arrived from Iraq.

Officials from the Baltic states and Poland pointed out that the Belarusian authorities deliberately do not obstruct the crossing of the borderto punish these countries for supporting the Belarusian opposition and sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The European Union (EU) described as the deployment of hybrid warfare and promises to help strengthen the EU’s external border.

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