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  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/30.09.2024-455-people-deported-from-latvia-in-second-quarter.a570664",
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  "description": "In Q2 2024, 96,115 non-EU citizens in the EU were ordered to leave, a 7% decrease from Q1 and 10% down from Q2 2023. 25,285 were deported to third countries. Latvia accounted for 145 returns to third countries and 950 deportations to Lithuania. Data for Estonia and Lithuania returns to third countries is incomplete in Eurostat but exceeds 800 in total. Most returned non-EU citizens were Algerian and Moroccan, followed by Turks and Syrians. Among third-country returns, the largest groups were citizens of Georgia (10%), Albania, and Ukraine. France (31,195), Germany (12,885), and Greece (6,555) recorded the highest EU orders to leave. The data reflects migration enforcement trends, including effects of Belarus smuggling operations in recent years.",
  "summary_short": "In Q2 2024, Latvia ordered 96,115 non-EU citizens to leave the EU, with 25,285 deported to third countries, reflecting a 7% drop in orders to leave compared to Q1.",
  "summary_extended": "During the second quarter of 2024, Latvia was part of a broader EU trend where 96,115 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 25,285 persons were deported to third countries. This marks a 7% decrease in orders to leave compared to the first quarter, and a 10% decrease in the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave compared with the same quarter of 2023. Latvia alone saw 145 people returned to third countries, with another 950 deported to Lithuania and while data for deportations to third countries from Lithuania and Estonia were not included in Eurostat, over 800 people were returned to third countries from the Baltic region during this period. The data includes notable nationalities among those returned to third countries, including citizens of Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Georgia, Albania, and Ukraine. At the national level, France, Germany, and Greece recorded the highest numbers of non-EU citizens ordered to leave the EU.",
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  "classification_rationale": "The article reports official statistical data about legal deportations of non-EU citizens from Latvia and other EU countries in Q2 2024, with no indication of hostile or aggressive actions nor defense preparations. The focus is on migration enforcement statistics, reflecting EU/Latvian government activity rather than an aggressor event.",
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  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/30.09.2024-455-people-deported-from-latvia-in-second-quarter.a570664",
  "source": "csv-import",
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