On Thursday, September 16, another 12 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
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On Tuesday, September 15, another 28 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
On Tuesday, September 14, another 15 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
On Monday, September 13, another 19 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
State Border Guard deterred 80 people from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border over the weekend, according to Border Guard's information published September 13.
On Thursday, September 9, another 39 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
On Wednesday, September 8, another eight people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented.
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (New Unity) told Latvian Radio September 8 that the situation with Belarus remains uncertain and can change rapidly.
Since the announcement of the state of emergency on the Latvia-Belarus border August 10, the Border Guard has prevented 1,005 persons from crossing the border, according to information published September 8.
On Monday, September 6, 24 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented, according to the State Border Guard.
Another 96 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented over the weekend, according to the State Border Guard.
A temporary barbed-wire fence of 37 kilometers in length could be ready within two months, according to a release by State Border Guard September 3.
Another 31 people's attempts of illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian State border were prevented last night, Interior Minister Marija Golubeva told Latvian Television September 3.
Minister for the Interior Marija Golubeva (Development/For!) will visit the Belarus border for the second time in a month, Latvian Radio reported September 3.
On Tuesday, August 31, the Border Guard did not allow 18 illegal migrants to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border.
On Tuesday, August 31, the Border Guard deterred 39 illegal migrants from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border.
The annual Rīga Conference will soon be upon us again, with this year's session of geopolitical and defense discussion scheduled for October 15-16.
On Monday, August 30, the Border Guard deterred 21 illegal migrants from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border.
A group of migrants was allegedly taken away from the Latvian-Belarusian borderline by Latvian authorities last week and dropped off in the territory of Belarus later, according to Latvian Television's investigative broadcast De Facto, which aired August 29.
On Sunday, August 29, seven illegal migrants were not allowed to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard. On Saturday the figure was 35 and on Friday 24.
Starting August 30, the National Armed Forces (NBS) military training “Namejs” will take place throughout Latvia, NBS representative Sandra Brāle told Latvian Radio.
On Friday, August 27, 24 illegal migrants were deterred from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
On Thursday, August 26, 38 illegal migrants were deterred from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
On Wednesday, August 25, 101 illegal migrants were deterred from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
On Tuesday, August 24, 68 illegal migrants were deterred from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
On Monday, August 23, no illegal migrants were caught trying to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
On Saturday August 21 and Sunday August 22, no persons were caught trying to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border, according to the Border Guard.
Although the number of illegal migrants who have tried to enter Latvia from Belarus has decreased in recent days, tensions and risks in the border area of Belarus remain at constantly high levels, Guntis Pujāts, Chief of State Border Guard, told Latvian Television August 23.
Migrants crossing the border of Latvia-Belarus mostly say that they have been sent across the border forcibly, Artūrs Garevičs-Jurevičs, head of the Daugavpils detained foreigner accommodation center, told Latvian Radio August 20.
On Thursday, August 19, only one person tried to illegally cross the Latvia-Belarus border, according to Border Guard representative Juris Kusiņš.