{"id":208090,"date":"2026-10-19T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208090\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:52:16","slug":"polish-border-guards-to-assist-latvia-on-belarusian-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208090\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish border guards to assist Latvia on Belarusian border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 19, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Poland will provide assistance in securing Latvia\u2019s border with Belarus from October 19 to November 1, Latvia\u2019s State Border Guard has announced, citing a bilateral agreement on cross-border cooperation signed on October 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvian border guards will receive both theoretical and practical support, it noted. The cooperation will reportedly facilitate experience-sharing between the countries\u2019 border services and strengthen coordination in border control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvian border guards have already received similar assistance from their Lithuanian, Finnish and Estonian counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia has been the primary target of irregular migration from Belarus in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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