{"id":197268,"date":"2026-07-25T19:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:39:43","slug":"latvia-records-daily-attempts-at-irregular-entry-from-belarus-for-four-consecutive-months","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 25,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an average of 70 daily attempts, according to&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, Latvia thwarted&nbsp;8,509&nbsp;irregular crossings between March 25 and July&nbsp;25&nbsp;and&nbsp;8,650&nbsp;attempts since the year\u2019s start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have reported 9,890&nbsp;irregular crossings since the start of 2026, with Latvia accounting for 87.5&nbsp;percent of all attempts. Lithuania reported 960&nbsp;attempts and Poland 280.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow of people eager to cross into the EU surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, the Belarusian government suspended a readmission agreement with the EU in response to sanctions that followed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an average of 70 daily attempts, according to&nbsp;Pozirk\u2019s analysis of border guards\u2019 data. In total, Latvia thwarted&nbsp;8,509&nbsp;irregular crossings between March 25 and July&nbsp;25&nbsp;and&nbsp;8,650&nbsp;attempts since the year\u2019s start. Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have reported 9,890&nbsp;irregular crossings since the start of 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":197261,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-197268","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\"},\"headline\":\"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-25T16:39:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\",\"name\":\"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-25T16:39:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk","description":"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk","og_description":"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/"},"headline":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months","datePublished":"2026-07-25T16:39:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/"},"wordCount":184,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/","name":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-25T16:39:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-25T16:39:43+00:00","description":"July 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Latvia has been recording irregular crossings by undocumented third-country foreigners via Belarus for 122&nbsp;days, with an","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/riga-POZ.jpg","width":864,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197268\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latvia records\u00a0daily attempts at\u00a0irregular\u00a0entry from\u00a0Belarus for\u00a0four\u00a0consecutive\u00a0months"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/197268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=197268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}