Event 640

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus",
    "FI",
    "EE",
    "LV",
    "LT"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Claims are based on published Frontex statistics and direct agency attribution, corroborated by multiple numerical details and a visual map in the article.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Poland",
    "Lithuania",
    "Estonia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Frontex reports a 195% year-on-year increase in irregular border crossings along the EU's eastern border (including Latvia) for the first ten months of 2024, primarily involving migrants from countries like Somalia and Eritrea. The trend differs from the overall EU, where illegal crossings have fallen. Latvia is identified as a notable impacted area along these borders.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-11-12T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot shows a summary of Frontex's provided data and a map illustrating irregular border crossings on the EU's eastern border (notably Latvia-Belarus).",
    "Graph and text both attribute the data to Frontex and indicate a sharp rise in 2024."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "New figures published by Frontex show that while 'irregular' or illegal border crossings are down in the European Union as a whole, they are sharply up along the eastern border of which Latvia forms a part.",
    "the eastern border saw 'very high numbers of arrivals' with an increase of 195% -- in the first 10 months of 2024 to 15,271",
    "In October alone, the eastern border saw 1,671 irregular arrivals -- more than the western Mediterranean.",
    "The main countries from which these arrivals were coming were Ukraine, Somalia and Eritrea, Frontex said."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot shows a summary of Frontex's provided data and a map illustrating irregular border crossings on the EU's eastern border (notably Latvia-Belarus).",
            "Graph and text both attribute the data to Frontex and indicate a sharp rise in 2024."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "195% increase in irregular arrivals at EU eastern border in 2024",
  "headline": "EU's eastern border sees 195% growth in 'irregular' crossings",
  "location_text": "EU eastern border (Latvia sector)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_640_1763933475_5dddd914.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "195% increase in irregular arrivals at EU eastern border in 2024. Migrants mostly from Ukraine, Somalia, Eritrea",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Sharp 195% rise in irregular border crossings reported along Latvia's eastern EU border sector in 2024.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI,EE,LV,LT",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;LV;LT",
  "Date": "12-Nov-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)": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "195% increase in irregular arrivals at EU eastern border in 2024",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "195% increase in irregular arrivals at EU eastern border in 2024. Migrants mostly from Ukraine, Somalia, Eritrea",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}