Event 8410c75d-4ce4-48d8-9b50-2e795b4d69e9

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Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Latvia Country: Poland Country: Lithuania Country: Estonia Country: Belarus

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-ea...

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Summary

Headline: EU's eastern border sees 195% growth in 'irregular' crossings

Short Summary: Sharp 195% rise in irregular border crossings reported along Latvia's eastern EU border sector in 2024.

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.

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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.

Related URLs

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/12.11.2024-eus-eastern-border-sees-195-growth-in-irregular-crossings.a576165

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