The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday issued an interim injunction against two groups of illegal immigrants against Poland and Latvia who have tried to enter the European Union (EU) illegally from Belarus.
The interim settlement will be valid for three weeks until 15 September inclusive.
The court ordered the Polish and Latvian authorities to provide all applicants with food, water, clothing, adequate medical care and, if possible, temporary shelter, notwithstanding any obligations that Belarus would have under international law, according to a statement issued by the ECtHR.
At the same time, the court emphasized that this decision did not mean that Poland and Latvia should allow the applicants into their territory.
The Court has also stated that States have the right to control their borders, the stay of aliens on their territory and their expulsion in accordance with generally accepted international law and their obligations under the Treaties, including the European Convention on Human Rights.
The plaintiffs in the case against Poland are 32 Afghan citizens, but the claim against Latvia is filed by 41 Iraqi citizens of Kurdish origin, who are stuck on the border between Poland and Belarus and Latvia and Belarus, respectively.
It has already been reported that since August 10, a total of 544 people have been deterred from crossing the state border illegally.
Since the introduction of the state of emergency, 25 people have not been prevented from crossing the state border for humanitarian reasons, while a total of 377 third-country nationals who have crossed the state border illegally have been detained this year.
As reported, the government, taking into account the number of cases of illegal crossing of the Latvian-Belarusian border and its rapid increase, previously decided to declare a state of emergency from August 11 to November 10 in Ludza, Kraslava, Augšdaugava counties, as well as in Daugavpils city.
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