Event 924

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct quotations from the border guard chief and news report substantiate the ongoing and prospective border security measures.",
  "continuous_since": "2021-08-01T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "Latvia has experienced persistent pressure from illegal migration attempts, particularly from the direction of Belarus, since at least August 2021. Measures have progressively intensified amid ongoing attempts.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Latvia's border guard chief Guntis Pujāts indicates that even stricter measures may be implemented to protect Latvia’s border against illegal migration, particularly on the border with Belarus. Pujāts notes an increase in attempted border crossings and highlights ongoing and possible additional actions to safeguard the border.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-05-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot shows headline, General Pujāts in interview, and bullet points about stricter border measures and increased migration attempt data.",
    "Article states direct and quoted statements about ongoing and planned border defense."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Pujāts pieļauj vēl stingrākus pasākumus Latvijas robežas aizsardzībai pret nelegālo migrāciju.",
    "Kopējais mēģinājumu skaits ir augsts, un lūdzējmigrantu pasu ir vairāk, nekā bija pirms gada, atzina ģenerālis.",
    "Bet dominējošais pastāv uz līmnes meklētāji, un viņu skaits ir pietiekami liels, norādīja Pujāts.",
    "Pastiprināti robežapsardzības režīms Baltkrievijas pierobežā, visticamāk, tiks pagarināts, jāļemot arī pie vēl stingrākiem pasākumiem."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/27.05.2025-pujats-pielauj-vel-stingrakus-pasakumus-latvijas-robezas-aizsardzibai-pret-nelegalo-migraciju.a600677/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migration",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot shows headline, General Pujāts in interview, and bullet points about stricter border measures and increased migration attempt data.",
            "Article states direct and quoted statements about ongoing and planned border defense."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Latvia",
      "notes": "Border guard chief confirms ongoing and additional measures considered.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Pujāts pieļauj vēl stingrākus pasākumus Latvijas robežas aizsardzībai pret nelegālo migrāciju",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Latvijas-Baltkrievijas robeža",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_924_1763943051_38c73dd6.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Latvia reported 1,900 illegal crossing attempts in May, averaging 65 70 per day, suggesting organized hybrid pressure.?",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/27.05.2025-pujats-pielauj-vel-stingrakus-pasakumus-latvijas-robezas-aizsardzibai-pret-nelegalo-migraciju.a600677/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia considers tougher border protection measures against illegal migration on the Belarus border, as illegal crossing attempts rise.",
  "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/27.05.2025-pujats-pielauj-vel-stingrakus-pasakumus-latvijas-robezas-aizsardzibai-pret-nelegalo-migraciju.a600677/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized migration",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "27-May-25",
  "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": "??Latvia reported 1,900 illegal crossing attempts in May, averaging 65 70 per day, suggesting organized hybrid pressure.?",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Nearly 1,900 attempted illegal border crossings into ??Latvia in May",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/27.05.2025-pujats-pielauj-vel-stingrakus-pasakumus-latvijas-robezas-aizsardzibai-pret-nelegalo-migraciju.a600677/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}