The Latvian State Border Guard (SRS) is also ready to use crowd restraint means, including shields and other special means, to restrain migrants on the border with Belarus, if he said, Guntis Pujāts, the head of the SRS.
In an interview with LTV “Rīta panorāma”, he repeatedly emphasized that the overall readiness of the Latvian services to protect the state border is high and the capacity is high enough, moreover, excellent co-operation has developed between the services, including “security information” provided by the state security authorities.
“The Latvian services are ready for a large influx of people, and I hope that it will not be necessary to check the maximum readiness of the Latvian services, but we are determined to prevent illegal border crossings and repel all illegal violators who will arrive at the Latvian border,” Pujāts confirmed.
As reported, the border guards of Latvia, Lithuania and especially Poland have recently been facing increased efforts by migrants to cross the European Union’s (EU) external border from Belarus. The flow of migrants to the EU is supported by Belarus and is seen as an element of Belarus’s hybrid war against the EU.
US and European delegations to the UN Security Council on Thursday condemned Belarus’ actions in the migrant crisis on its border with Poland.
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