Event 473

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Poland",
    "Belarus",
    "LV",
    "LT",
    "BY"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Primary evidence is a summary report with migration figures and direct references to border handovers and police records; clear origin and flow described.",
  "continuous_since": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "Describes a year-long pattern of irregular cross-border migrant handovers from Lithuania to Latvia, associated with hybrid migration pressure from Belarus.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Poland",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Illegal migrant trafficking from Belarus via ??Latvia to LT & DE  In 2023, ??Lithuanian border guards handed over 1,193 illegal migrants to Latvia, who had arrived in Latvia from ??Belarus.\n2/3 of them were detained by ??LT police/border guards in Lithuania, mostly near the borders with Latvia and ?? Poland. 1/3 were detained in Poland, which handed them over to LT.\n256 migrants had illegally left Latvia s accommodation centers for foreigners.\n937 had illegally crossed the ??Latvian border from ?? Belarus and attempted to travel through Lithuania to Germany and other countries.\nAdditionally,?? LT police arrested 168 transporters of illegal migrants.\n53 of them were ??Latvian citizens.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-07-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Thread by @realNepareizais documenting illegal migrant handovers between Lithuania and Latvia in 2023.",
    "Migrants primarily entered Latvia from Belarus, with further cross-border attempts involving Poland and Germany.",
    "Statistical summary: 1193 handed over to Latvia from Lithuania; 2/3 returned to Lithuania, 1/3 detained in Poland and handed back to Lithuania."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "2023. gadā Lietuvas robežsargi nodeva Latvijai 1193 nelegālos migrantus, kuri Latvijā bija ienākuši no Baltkrievijas.",
    "2/3 no viņiem LT policija/robežsargi atgrieza Lietuvā, pārsvarā pie robežām ar Latviju un Poliju.",
    "1/3 aizturēti Polijā, kas viņus atdeva atpakaļ LT.",
    "256 migranti bija nelikumīgi pametuši Latvijas izmitināšanas centrus ārzemniekiem.",
    "937 bija nelikumīgi šķērsojuši Latvijas robežu no Baltkrievijas, un mēģināja doties caur Lietuvu uz Vāciju."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Human Trafficking Ring. Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Thread by @realNepareizais documenting illegal migrant handovers between Lithuania and Latvia in 2023.",
            "Migrants primarily entered Latvia from Belarus, with further cross-border attempts involving Poland and Germany.",
            "Statistical summary: 1193 handed over to Latvia from Lithuania; 2/3 returned to Lithuania, 1/3 detained in Poland and handed back to Lithuania."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "2023: Lithuanian border handed over 1193 illegal migrants to Latvia who entered from Belarus",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Latvia–Lithuania border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_473_1763928125_b5487b0f.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Human Trafficking Ring. 2023 Statistics of Weaponized Migration: LV, LT, PL from Belarus",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816397180220969279.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Hundreds of migrants who entered Latvia from Belarus via Lithuania in 2023, with irregular handovers by Lithuanian authorities and cross-border activity involving Poland.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816397180220969279.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Human Trafficking Ring. Weaponized Migrants",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV LT BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV;LT",
  "Date": "25-Jul-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": "Human Trafficking Ring. 2023 Statistics of Weaponized Migration: LV, LT, PL from Belarus",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Illegal migrant trafficking from Belarus via ??Latvia to LT & DE  In 2023, ??Lithuanian border guards handed over 1,193 illegal migrants to Latvia, who had arrived in Latvia from ??Belarus.\n2/3 of them were detained by ??LT police/border guards in Lithuania, mostly near the borders with Latvia and ?? Poland. 1/3 were detained in Poland, which handed them over to LT.\n256 migrants had illegally left Latvia s accommodation centers for foreigners.\n937 had illegally crossed the ??Latvian border from ?? Belarus and attempted to travel through Lithuania to Germany and other countries.\nAdditionally,?? LT police arrested 168 transporters of illegal migrants.\n53 of them were ??Latvian citizens.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816397180220969279.html  (in Latvian)",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}