RIGA, 12 aug. The State Police of Latvia has sent a special battalion to the border with Belarus to help border guards stop the flow of illegal migrants who are trying to cross the border, the police said in a press release. .The police said that the special forces will help the border guards in guarding the border. On August 10, the Latvian government decided to declare an emergency situation on the border with Belarus due to the influx of illegal migrants. This regime will be in effect until November 10. According to the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers, the National Armed Forces and the State Police must provide assistance to the State Border Guard Service in ensuring border control. In turn, the border guards were given the right to use physical force to immediately return illegal migrants to the country from where they illegally crossed the border. Latvia, following Lithuania, faced the problem of illegal migration from the territory of Belarus. From August 6 to August 10, 295 people were detained, and in total since the beginning of the year — 355. Riga introduced increased control to protect the border and mobilized the resources of the border guard and the army. The prime minister of the republic, Krisjanis Karinsh, last week announced his intention to accelerate the construction of infrastructure on the border with Belarus.
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