A large police operation took place in the Nõmme district of Tallinn on Thursday 2026-07-30 where 12 migrants suspected of illegal border crossing were detained. The police used drones during the operation. The migrants were taken to a detention center for initial procedural actions. Local residents tipped police about suspicious foreigners. The migration pressure on Estonia has significantly increased recently, with daily detentions reported. Since the beginning of the year, 102 migrants have been detained in Estonia, of which 63 were detained just this week. The majority of migrants enter Estonia via the Latvia-Belarus border. Estonian Interior Minister Igors Taro accused Belarus of driving the migration pressure under Russia's encouragement. The Director General of the Police and Border Guard Board, Egerts Belitševs, stated that the hybrid war center of gravity has shifted to the Baltic states and Finland due to reinforced border controls at Poland-Lithuania and Poland-Germany borders. The large migrant influx is straining not only the Police and Border Guard but also the judiciary and municipalities.

A large police operation took place in the Nõmme district of Tallinn on Thursday 2026-07-30 where 12 migrants suspected of illegal border crossing were detained. The police used drones during the operation. The migrants were taken to a detention center for initial procedural actions. Local residents tipped police about suspicious foreigners. The migration pressure on Estonia has significantly increased recently, with daily detentions reported. Since the beginning of the year, 102 migrants have been detained in Estonia, of which 63 were detained just this week. The majority of migrants enter Estonia via the Latvia-Belarus border. Estonian Interior Minister Igors Taro accused Belarus of driving the migration pressure under Russia's encouragement. The Director General of the Police and Border Guard Board, Egerts Belitševs, stated that the hybrid war center of gravity has shifted to the Baltic states and Finland due to reinforced border controls at Poland-Lithuania and Poland-Germany borders. The large migrant influx is straining not only the Police and Border Guard but also the judiciary and municipalities.