{"id":207625,"date":"2026-10-15T21:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207625\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:34:57","slug":"latvia-records-seven-week-low-in-attempts-at-irregular-entry-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207625\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia records seven-week low in attempts at irregular entry from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 15, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Latvia prevented four attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to enter its territory from Belarus on October 14, the smallest number in 49 days, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s <\/em>analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland and Lithuania have reported no irregular activity at their border with Belarus for the last 12 and 29 days, respectively. At the same time Latvia, the primary target of irregular migration from Belarus in recent months, has recorded attempted crossings for 204 consecutive days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The neighboring European Union countries prevented 486 attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to enter their territory from Belarus in the first two weeks of October, with 446 attempts recorded by Latvia and 40 by Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As many as 14,292 irregular crossings have reportedly been prevented since the start of 2026, including 12,119 into Latvia, 1,699 into Lithuania and 474 into Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow of people eager to cross into the EU surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, the Belarusian government suspended a readmission agreement with the EU in response to sanctions that followed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 15, Pozirk. Latvia prevented four attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to enter its territory from Belarus on October 14, the smallest number in 49 days, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. Poland and Lithuania have reported no irregular activity at their border with Belarus for the last 12 and 29 days, respectively. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-207625","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Latvia records seven-week low in attempts at irregular entry from Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 15, Pozirk. 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