Event 140

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Belarus",
    "Latvia",
    "LV-BY"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct quotes from the Latvian Interior Minister and official data provide high confidence in the assessment of resumed border crossing attempts.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Latvian authorities report a renewed increase in attempts by migrants to cross the Latvia-Belarus border illegally, as stated by Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis on February 22, 2024.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-02-22T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Latvian Interior Minister confirms resumed attempts by migrants to cross from Belarus (LSM English, 22 Feb 2024).",
    "Policy updates: All perpetrators trying to cross illegally are detained as of February 20.",
    "Annual data: 13,980 prevented crossings, 428 humanitarian admissions from Belarus in 2023."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Attempts by migrants to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border illegally have resumed, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (New Unity) told Latvian Radio on February 22.",
    "As of February 20, officials decided to detain all the perpetrators trying to illegally cross the border to the Republic of Latvia from Belarus.",
    "Last year 13,980 people were prevented from crossing the state border illegally, while 428 were admitted for humanitarian reasons."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/22.02.2024-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-pick-up-again.a543900/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migration",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Latvian Interior Minister confirms resumed attempts by migrants to cross from Belarus (LSM English, 22 Feb 2024).",
            "Policy updates: All perpetrators trying to cross illegally are detained as of February 20.",
            "Annual data: 13,980 prevented crossings, 428 humanitarian admissions from Belarus in 2023."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Belarus-Latvia border crossing attempts pick up again",
  "location_text": "Latvia-Belarus border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_140_1763917365_4562dc85.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Weaponized migration",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/22.02.2024-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-pick-up-again.a543900/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Renewed attempts by migrants to cross from Belarus into Latvia have been observed, indicating another wave of hybrid activity on the border.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/22.02.2024-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-pick-up-again.a543900/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migration",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV-BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "22-Feb-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Weaponized migration",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Border ??Latvian ?? Belaus Border Migrant crossings increase \"Delivered by Russia\"",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/22.02.2024-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-pick-up-again.a543900/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}