‘A Ceuta-style surge is possible’: Border tensions on NATO’s eastern flank
- Masked and armed men attempted to cross into Latvia from Belarus alongside 20 undocumented migrants on Monday.
- “The (masked) escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to … soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” Janis Dombrava, Latvia’s interior minister, said on Tuesday.
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- Masked and armed men attempted to cross into Latvia from Belarus alongside 20 undocumented migrants on Monday.
- “The (masked) escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to … soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” Janis Dombrava, Latvia’s interior minister, said on Tuesday.
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Sources: Al Jazeera