Over the past five days no one has attempted to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border, said Pujāts, while throughout December there have been 135 attempts. This is a stark difference from the hundreds of daily crossing attempts observed in the summer, and the lowest number in a given month this year.
Pujāts said the low number could be due to the enforced border guarding efforts, as well as the physical infrastructure built so far.
By mid-next year, it is planned to construct the eastern border infrastructure in hard-to-access places, such as marshes or riverbanks. These locations comprise 35 kilometers in total.
It is already known that construction of the fence in the land sections of the Latvian-Belarusian border is planned and will be completed by December 30 of this year.
