Event 234

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus",
    "LV-BY"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The report is from Latvia's public broadcaster, cites direct statements by border officials, and provides recent, quantified figures on crossing attempts.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "In the first days of April 2024, over 100 attempts to illegally cross the Belarus-Latvia border were recorded, following rising numbers in previous months and highlighting ongoing migration pressure, allegedly facilitated by Belarus.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-04-06T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Latvian Television reported on April 5 that over 100 border crossing attempts from Belarus into Latvia occurred in the first days of April.",
    "Previous months also saw high numbers of attempted illegal crossings.",
    "Border guards indicate individuals are mainly from Asia and Africa, often heading for Germany, and sometimes cut border fencing."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Over 100 attempts to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border illegally have been prevented in the last four days.",
    "\"The relative calm on the Latvian-Belarussian border is over – with every warmer day, the number of illegal border crossers increases, Latvian Television reported on April 5.\"",
    "\"There are people from Asia, from Africa, from countries such as Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan.\"",
    "The border guard chief stated that most of them dream of getting to Germany.",
    "The penalty for such border violations is a one-year ban on entering Latvia."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Latvian Television reported on April 5 that over 100 border crossing attempts from Belarus into Latvia occurred in the first days of April.",
            "Previous months also saw high numbers of attempted illegal crossings.",
            "Border guards indicate individuals are mainly from Asia and Africa, often heading for Germany, and sometimes cut border fencing."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Over 100 Belarus-Latvia border crossing attempts in April",
  "location_text": "Latvia-Belarus border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_234_1763920453_2592657f.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Weaponized migrants",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/06.04.2024-over-100-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-in-april.a549402/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia reports a surge of over 100 illegal border crossing attempts from Belarus in early April 2024.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/06.04.2024-over-100-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-in-april.a549402/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "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": "6-Apr-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 migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Over 100 Attempted border crossings on the ?? Latvian -??Belarusian Borders in April so far (up to April 6)",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/06.04.2024-over-100-belarus-latvia-border-crossing-attempts-in-april.a549402/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}