Sixty-nine people attempted to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border on Wednesday, reported the State Border Guard.
In total, this year there have been 11,610 attempts to illegally cross the border, which is almost twice as many as last year. For humanitarian reasons, Latvia has accepted 30 individuals.
Last year, 5,388 attempts to illegally cross the border were prevented, and 26 individuals were allowed to remain in Latvia.
Due to the ongoing flow of illegal migrants from Belarus, the government has extended the enhanced control regime at the Latvian-Belarusian border until December 31 of this year.
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