{"id":69952,"date":"2024-02-27T17:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/69952\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"illegal-migration-soars-at-belarus-latvia-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/69952\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal migration soars at Belarus-Latvia border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/granica_belarus_latvia_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Government of Latvia website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Latvia&#8217;s State Border Guard foiled four illegal attempts to cross into the country from Belarus yesterday. Lithuania&#8217;s Border Guard Service foiled three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Border Guard did not release figures for the day. It has recently stopped publishing these figures on a regular basis (the last update was for February 25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of border service statistics shows that the activity of illegal migrants at the Belarusian-Latvian border has increased by a factor of 10.6 (from five attempts in January to 53 since the beginning of February). The figure has increased from four to 21 for Lithuania and from 87 to 197 for Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In annual terms, however, the migratory pressure from Belarus has decreased by a factor of 10.39 (from 3,813 attempts to sneak into the EU in the same period last year to 367 attempts this year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border started in spring 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 27, Pozirk. 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