According to the Border Guard, on Wednesday, August 25, 101 illegal migrants were deterred from crossing the Latvian-Belarusian border.
No persons were detained for having crossed the border illegally.
In total, after the state of emergency was announced on August 10 in the Latvia-Belarus border area allowing the border guard to promptly deny entry and return migrants to the country of origin, 645 people have been denied entry into Latvia. The peak was reached on August 12 and August 25 when 101 people were turned back overnight each time.
377 persons have been detained for illegally crossing the border this year, 295 of which came in the timeframe from August 6 to 10, and 25 of which came after the announcement of the state of emergency.
Between August 21 and 23, there were no detected attempts to cross the border but the flow has picked up again.
