Event 584

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV-BY"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The event is quantified with official Eurostat data and reported in a national public media outlet. The context provided links the deportations in part to pressure from Belarus and migration policies.",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "In the second quarter of 2024, 455 non-EU citizens were deported or returned from Latvia either to their home countries or to third countries, according to data published by Eurostat.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-09-30T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Article states 455 people were deported from Latvia in Q2 2024, per Eurostat data.",
    "\"In the second quarter of 2024, 16 115 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 25 885 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave, according to data published September 30 by Eurostat.\"",
    "\"In the same period 455 people were returned to third countries from Latvia. 950 returns were told to leave Lithuania and while exact figure for number of people deported was not included in Eurostat’s data set, information published showed at least over 800 people were returned from Lithuania during the period.\"",
    "Much of the migration pressure is attributed to people-smuggling operations at the Belarus border."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In the second quarter of 2024, 16 115 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 25 885 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave, according to data published September 30 by Eurostat.",
    "In the same period 455 people were returned to third countries from Latvia.",
    "Through Latvia records fairly small figures in absolute terms, the numbers have risen in recent years as a result of the international people-smuggling operations at Belarus dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Article states 455 people were deported from Latvia in Q2 2024, per Eurostat data.",
            "\"In the second quarter of 2024, 16 115 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 25 885 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave, according to data published September 30 by Eurostat.\"",
            "\"In the same period 455 people were returned to third countries from Latvia. 950 returns were told to leave Lithuania and while exact figure for number of people deported was not included in Eurostat’s data set, information published showed at least over 800 people were returned from Lithuania during the period.\"",
            "Much of the migration pressure is attributed to people-smuggling operations at the Belarus border."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "455 people deported from Latvia in second quarter",
  "location_text": "Latvia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_584_1763931780_0483cf86.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Migration pressures continue",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/30.09.2024-455-people-deported-from-latvia-in-second-quarter.a570664/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia deported or returned 455 non-EU citizens in Q2 2024, reflecting efforts to address migration and border enforcement.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/30.09.2024-455-people-deported-from-latvia-in-second-quarter.a570664/"
}

{
  "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": "30-Sep-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": "Migration pressures continue",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "455 deported from ??Latvia in Q2",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/30.09.2024-455-people-deported-from-latvia-in-second-quarter.a570664/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}