Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2023 RFE/RL, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, continue to commit grave abuses, under the pretext of being under a hybrid attack from Belarus. In contrast with EU and international law and the principle of non-refoulement, the emergency rules suspended the right to seek asylum in four border areas and allowed Latvian authorities to forcibly and summarily return people to Belarus. 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On Thursday, April 13, 44 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total - 1555 persons have been stopped this year. State Border Committee ofthe Republic of Belarus. A 31-year-old woman, who wrote her name in Arabic as Lilouz and said she was from Dohuk in Iraq, told Reuters she had walked for six hours through the night with her five children. Poland said it had deployed nearly 1,000 troops to its border with Belarus to help border guards cope with a surge of migrants, and Lithuania sent a diplomatic note to Minsk expressing a strong protest against a violation of the Lithuanian border by Belarusian officers. 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Lithuanian army soldiers installing razor wire on the border with Belarus in Druskininkai last month. Latvian For Stability party prohibited from using Siguldas trade symbol S! Were not threatening anyone. In 1995, out of an estimated 30,000 illegal border crossings, 7,511 persons were detained. So far this year, more than 4,100 asylum-seekers, most of them from Iraq, have illegally crossed from Belarus into Lithuania alone, but Latvia and Poland also have seen increases in migrants crossing the border from Belarus. Since 2 January 2019 foreign nationals and stateless persons who are temporarily staying in Belarus will be able to get registered on the website portal.gov.by without having to visit a local police office. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Editor's. Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish soldiers deployed to stop them, according to . The European Union has accused Belarus' authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging illegal border crossings as a "hybrid attack" to retaliate against the bloc's sanctions on his government for its crackdown on domestic protests after his disputed 2020 re-election. Yet, they would come to dominate politics in Boston, New . Authors: Eng.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting) On Tuesday February 15, the State Border Guard prevented 24 people from trying to cross the Latvian-Belarusian state border illegally. Latvia has given refugees and migrants a cruel ultimatum: accept to return voluntarily to their country, or remain stranded at the border facing detention, unlawful returns and torture. But flight records showed one Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad landed in Minsk on Tuesday, and the fall in Lithuanian arrivals has been offset by an exponential increase in migrants from Belarus crossing into Latvia and Poland. Pujts says cooperation with neighboring countries Russia and Belarus has also improved. Latvia: Return home or never leave the woods reveals the brutal treatment of migrants and refugees including children who have been held arbitrarily in undisclosed sites in the Latvian forest, and unlawfully and violently returned to Belarus. Valid document for traveling abroad (passport) with a visa for citizens of countries with which Belarus has a visa regime; 2. In recent years, people from Iraq, Pakistan, India and elsewhere have been trying to cross the Latvian border illegally, but Vietnamese have featured particularly prominently. Please just help us because (it is) so cold" and the children are sick, he said in a text sent from across the border adjacent to Robeznieki in Latvia. In March 1998, an agreement was reached on the determination of border cross-points between Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. As winter approaches and movements at the border have resumed, the state of emergency continues to allow Latvian authorities to unlawfully return people to Belarus. The most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and ever-expanding tax and compliance needs. Latvia has detained 283 individuals for illegally crossing from Belarus since 6 August, authorities said, bringing the total for the year to 343. This service is free of charge and will be available to foreigners who arrived in Belarus through checkpoints on the Belarusian border. The Latvian border guard service also said that another six people had been detained since August 17 after illegally crossing the Belarusian-Latvian border. He said Latvian guards had shouted at the migrants to turn back to Belarus and had scared them with a patrol dog. This would allow member states facing situations of instrumentalization as experienced by Latvia to derogate from their obligations under EU asylum and migration law. Upon departure from the Republic of Belarus a foreigner citizen, except temporarily or permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus, unless otherwise stipulated by the legislative acts and international treaties of the Republic of Belarus, is obliged to hand over a part "B" of the migration card to the official of the border service body of the Republic of Belarus when passing the border control at state border checkpoints. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Last week Poland deployed 2,500 more troops to the border, bringing to 10,000 the number of soldiers reinforcing. Those not held in tents sometimes ended up stranded in the open at the border, as winter temperatures at times fell to -20C. On April 13, officials of the State Border . You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Latvian guards stopped the migrants at Robeznieki at around 3 a.m. as the group made its way through a field carrying only small bags and backpacks. Of those, 5,000 took place in October. If a foreigner departed from the Republic of Belarus during the registration period, upon his subsequent registration within a calendar year upon the application and the documents that confirm the crossing of Belarus border, the period of staying abroad is not included in his registration period. Latvia and Lithuania on Tuesday announced measures to counter an increase in illegal migration across both countries' border with Belarus. Iraq suspended all flights to Belarus on August 6, significantly lowering numbers of its migrants crossing into the EU. Latvian authorities have violently pushed back refugees and migrants at the countrys borders with Belarus, subjecting many to grave human rights violations, including secret detention and even torture, according to new findings published in a report by Amnesty International. Belarus of shuttling migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia, dissidents protesting President Alexander Lukashenko's 2020 election victory, allowing the military to assist border guards, Lukashenko forcing a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk to arrest a dissident blogger, The bill allows for the detention of asylum seekers and curbs migrants' right to appeal. To leave money in the documents, which are produced for checking; To offer and (or) to hand over officials any valuables, offer and (or) provide the property benefitse; To take photos, filming, talking on mobile phones; To perform other actions preventing the implementation of border and other types of controls. "We have informed Belarus that the incident has been recorded, and it is our deep concern because we consider it another provocation, a further escalation of an already tense situation," Landsbergis said. a foreigner at the checkpoint at the State Border violated the rules of crossing the State Border, customs rules - until the violation is eliminated; the validity of the document for traveling abroad does not exceed ninety days before the anticipated departure of a foreigner from the Republic of Belarus; a foreigner was convicted in the Republic of Belarus or another state for committing a crime recognized as such in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, and his conviction was not cleared or settled; a foreigner during his stay in the Republic of Belarus was repeatedly (five or more times) brought to administrative responsibility in the course of one year and the period not expired, at the end of which he was considered not subjected to an administrative penalty; a foreigner who was subjected to administrative penalty in the form of a fine during his stay in the Republic of Belarus, who failed to pay it within the period stipulated by the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus for the execution of the decision on imposing an administrative penalty in the form of a fine; a foreigner cannot confirm the availability of funds necessary to cover the costs of his stay in the Republic of Belarus and departure from the Republic of Belarus, or submit assurances of presentation of such cash assets in the manner and the amount established by the Council of Ministers; the period of temporary stay of a foreigner in the Republic of Belarus, stipulated by the first and second parts of Article 39 of this Law, has expired; there are reasonable grounds to assume that the foreigner may avoid leaving the Republic of Belarus at the end of the period of temporary stay or temporary residence or uses the territory of the Republic of Belarus for illegal migration to a third country; the stay of a foreigner in the Republic of Belarus is contradicts the interests of the national security of the Republic of Belarus, public order, protection of morality, public health, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Republic of Belarus and other persons; the entry of a foreigner into the Republic of Belarus must be restricted in order to implement international treaties of the Republic of Belarus; the foreigner, who is subject to compulsory health insurance in accordance with the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus, does not have a compulsory health insurance contract with a Belarusian insurance organization or a health insurance contract entered into with a foreign insurance organization, valid on the territory of the Republic of Belarus; there is no place in the foreigner's document for traveling abroad to place a mark on the entry of a foreigner into the Republic of Belarus and (or) marks on his departure from the Republic of Belarus. A young migrant in a black hoodie who gave his name as Rawa said the group were Kurds who had flown from Iraq to Istanbul in Turkey and then on to the Belarusian capital Minsk. The drivers of vehicles with technically permissible total weight not exceeding 3.5 tons, registered in the member-states of the Customs Union, do not pay for driving toll roads. There is also a column for the information about the visa, but if, for example, a foreigner arrives in Belarus under the visa-free mode, there is no need to fill it out. On the previous four nights, guards patrolling a 36.5-km stretch of Latvia's 170km border with Belarus said they stopped around 200 people. If between his entry and departure from the country passed less than 24 hours, each such period is counted as one day in the period of his temporary stay. Those flights have stopped for now. transit visa of the Republic of Belarus (except when a transit visa is not required) ; health insurance contract (except for persons who are not subjected to compulsory insurance); document allowing to return to the state of citizenship or residence (if passport is lost on the territory of Belarus); the driver of a motor vehicle should have an insurance certificate valid on the territory of Belarus and confirming liability insurance in the member-state of. The Finnish Border Guard on Friday showcased [] Third-country nationals trying to enter the European Union by crossing the border illegally and the people-smugglers who provide services to help them in their efforts have also been dissuaded by the possibility ofmore severe penalties if they are caught. About 10 hours after their arrival, Rawa messaged to say they had pulled back to a Belarusian village to rest and eat. According to Vilnius, thousands of migrants have tried to make their way into Lithuania from Belarus in recent weeks. White Border. An estimated 16,000 migrants have been stopped by Poland's border patrol for illegally crossing the country's 250-mile-long border with Belarus since August. Among those convicted recently areVietnamese, Russian and Latvian citizens. Most migrants havecome from Iraq. Foreigners must have funds in the amount equivalent to not less than 50 base values established in the Republic of Belarus on the day of entry into the Republic of Belarus, for each month of stay. Rawa asked in his text message for help and a phone number for the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. Authorities in the Baltic EU countries have accused . Amnestys report on Latvia follows and supplements similar reports focussing on abuses against refugees and migrants by Belarus, Poland and Lithuania. Another showed Belarusian riot police in helmets telling a group of people, many carrying heavy bags, to walk toward the EU border. Using any browser, go to the website of the unified portal for electronic services portal.gov.by, choose the language of work, create a personal account using the email address. bringing the total number of attempted crossings during the crisis to 1,005. pro-democracy movement following a disputed presidential election in August 2020. In recent years, people from Iraq, Pakistan, Indiaand elsewherehave been trying to cross the Latvian border illegally, but Vietnamese have featured particularly prominently. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Some families searched for people who were last known to be in Latvia but could not be reached by phone. A Syrian national is fighting for his life in a Polish hospital, having fallen from a border wall in his attempt to flee Belarus and find safety elsewhere in Europe . After a fivefold week-on-week increase in arrivals, the Latvian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency lasting until 10 November in its border areas, allowing the army, police and border guards to order illegal migrants to return to the country they came from, using force if necessary. Baltic News Network uses cookies to customize content for readers and analyse information flow. The main regions of origin of illegal immigrants are Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Iraq, . In neighbouring Lithuania, parliament. Latvia has deployed 3,000 troops for the exercise, which is expected to continue until December 12. Registration of a minor is made on the basis of documents submitted by his representative. Foreign citizen travelling in transit through the territory of the Republic of Belarus, enters the Republic of Belarus and departures from the Republic of Belarus on a valid passport or other replacing document, suitable for traveling abroad and issued by the relevant authority of the state of citizenship or habitual residence of the foreigner or an international organization, with transit visa or another visa of the Republic of Belarus, granting a foreigner the right to cross the state border of the Republic of Belarus, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of the Republic of Belarus. MPs in the Baltic state on Tuesday debated whether to build a 4-metre-high metal fence topped with razor wire along about 315 miles (508km) of its 420-mile border with Belarus, as well as allowing the army to patrol the border. In Lithuania,lawmakers are debating whether to erect a4-meter-high (13 foot) metal fence armed with razor wire along 508 kilometers (316 miles) of its 670-kilometer (416-mile) border with Belarus. Lithuanian authorities have seen numbers of migrants crossing from Belarus grow from just 74 in 2020 to 4,110 so far this year. During an eight-and-a-half-hour press conference on Monday, Lukashenko denied Belarus was blackmailing Europe with a migrant crisis, but said it was reacting to foreign pressure according to its capabilities., We are not blackmailing anyone with illegal immigration, he told journalists in Minsks Independence Palace. A foreigner does not have to carry proof of electronic registration. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia say there's been a surge in the number of people trying. Electronic registration of foreigners is carried out through the unified portal for electronic services (portal.gov.by) free of charge. These actions have nothing to do with border protection and are brazen violations of international and EU law.. Migrants preparing food last week at a newly built refugee camp in the Rudninkai military training ground, about 23 miles south of Vilnius in Lithuania. If a decision was taken to refuse entry into the Republic of Belarus, the visa previously issued to the foreigner for the entrance into the Republic of Belarus shall be cancelled. First of all, one group of potential illegal immigrants were not let on Latvias territory. Thousands remain stranded at Poland-Belarus border as EU agrees to hit Minsk with fifth round of sanctions. The period of temporary stay of a foreigner- his actual stay in the Republic of Belarus. Vilnius, Riga and Warsaw believe Lukashenko is using the migrants, mainly from Iraq, to pressure the bloc into lifting sanctions imposed over his ferocious crackdown on opponents after last years disputed elections, widely seen as rigged. Unemployment levels going down and competition for employees going up in Latvia, Inflation in Latvia. EU interior ministers said Belarus is seeking to "instrumentalize human beings for political purposes" after an emergency meeting on August 18 to discuss alarm over illegal border crossings into Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. Features. Another Iraqi, Omar, described how an officer hit him from behind and forced him to sign a return paper: He held my hand and said you should do the signature, and then with force, he made me do the signature.. "This aggressive behavioris unacceptable and amounts to a direct attack aimed at destabilizing and pressurizing the EU," they said in a statement after the meeting. +375 17 265 90 08, Official web portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Website of Belarus Embassy in the Russian Federation, State Customs authorities of the Republic of Belarus, National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, If you find a mistake, please highlight it, Main tasks and functions of the State Border Committee, List of administrative procedures performed by the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Visa-free entry to Belarus for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, Facilitation of Mutual Travel by Residents of Border Territories of the Republic of Belarus and the Latvian Republic, For organizations conducting international passenger transportation, List of the settlements located in the border zone, Rules of entry to border zone for foreign citizens, Rules for staying in border line for foreign citizens, Personnel of the International Cooperation Department, List of the countries whose citizens enter the Republic of Belarus without a visa. 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