{"id":109868,"date":"2024-10-17T14:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109868\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"latvia-reports-annual-record-of-illegal-entries-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109868\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia reports annual record of illegal entries from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Latvia has prevented a record number of illegal entries from Belarus, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the Latvian State Border Guard&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-European border has been ongoing since the spring of 2021. Poland and the Baltic states call it a hybrid attack organized by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 15, Latvia thwarted 82 attempts. The last time there were more (95) was on November 8. Notably, Riga reported 81 attempts on July 18 and another 81 attempts on July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It reported 36 attempts yesterday and 358 since the beginning of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have thwarted at least 1,253 attempts to sneak in from Belarus in October and 33,174 attempts since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Illegal Belarus-EU border crossings exceed 33,000 since January<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 15, Pozirk. The European Union (EU) has not allowed at least 33,001 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus since the start of 2024, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. Border crossings by third-country migrants fell 7.6 percent &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/109484\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, Pozirk. Latvia has prevented a record number of illegal entries from Belarus, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the Latvian State Border Guard&#8217;s data. The migration crisis at the Belarusian-European border has been ongoing since the spring of 2021. Poland and the Baltic states call it a hybrid attack organized by Minsk and Moscow. 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