Event 83e60812-cfa0-4b62-b942-8f651c4e8c92

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Border Country: Latvia Country: European Union

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/19.01.2024-more ...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: More illegal departure attempts from Rīga Airport observed

Short Summary: Latvian border guards are seeing a rise in illegal border crossing attempts at Riga Airport by third-country nationals and asylum seekers, aiming to fly to Schengen destinations without valid documents.

Description

Latvian border guards have observed an increase in illegal attempts by third-country nationals and asylum seekers to depart via Riga Airport to the Schengen area without valid travel documents.

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Border guards increasingly detect third-country nationals, asylum seekers who attempt to use air traffic for illegal departure from Latvia, the State Border Guard said on January 19.

As several recent months, 20 asylum seekers have been detected at the Schengen terminal, trying to leave Latvia without valid travel documents, mainly on asylum seekers' documents.

According to the information at the disposal of the State Border Guard, 39 third-country nationals have arbitrarily left on asylum seeker centers this year, just near the number of such cases was 152.

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/19.01.2024-more-illegal-departure-attempts-from-riga-airport-observed.a539571/