Attempts to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border illegally have decreased due to the cold weather, but tensions are currently increasing on Poland's border with Belarus, State Border Guard Chief Guntis Pujats told Latvian Television November 7.
Over the past 24 hours, attempts by 15 persons to illegally cross the Latvian border with Belarus have been prevented.
This year has been an exception due to the cold winter, and as Latvia's border area gets greater, new ways: we did not allow these people to enter Latvia.
If Latvia's border guards had not been vigilant enough, I think there would have been an attempt to bring them into Latvia.
The circumstances of what happened are being investigated.
Attempts to cross the Latvian–Belarusian border illegally have decreased due to the cold weather...
over the past 24 hours, attempts by 55 persons to illegally cross the Latvian border with Belarus have been prevented
certainly, the cold weather has put adjustments in place, the number of violations has decreased, but at the same time we see an increase in attempts to illegally cross the Polish–Belarusian border
This year has seen an attempt to rob border guards, the introduction of knifes and thrown raw fish at patrols.
We did not allow these people to enter Latvia. They were in Belarus and are an entire period. The Belarusian authorities collected those bodies.
Attempts to cross the Latvian-Belarusian border illegally have decreased due to the cold weather, but tensions are currently increasing on Poland's border with Belarus
Over the past 24 hours, attempts by 55 persons to illegally cross the Latvian border with Belarus have been prevented.
This year, Puķīte said, migrants have become more aggressive, multiple attacks on border guards have been carried out, as well as dozens of cases of damage to them.
The border guard reported a case of refugees from Belarus bringing deceased people to the border, asked how this situation was resolved.
If Latvia's border guards had not been vigilant enough, I think there would have been an attempt to bring them into our territory.