Estonia Sends Border Guards to Latvia Again: What is Happening at the Border?
Estonia is deploying additional border guard units to the Latvian-Belarusian border to assist with rising illegal migration. The mission is expected to continue through September to help secure the external EU and NATO border.
Why it matters
The deployment highlights ongoing regional security concerns regarding migration pressure at the EU's eastern frontier.
Estonia Sends Border Guards to Latvia Again: What is Happening at the Border?
The previous rotation ESTPOL11 returned to Estonia in mid-July. As the migratory pressure at the Latvian-Belarusian border did not ease, the Police and Border Guard Department began preparations to send the next unit. An official request for assistance from the Latvian side was received on July 28.
If the situation at the border does not change in the coming weeks, the Police and Border Guard Department will continue to send ESTPOL rotations to Latvia until the end of September. This means that over the next two months, four Estonian units will provide support to their Latvian colleagues.
On Monday morning, August 3, the third rotation of ESTPOL11, consisting of 11 people, departed from the South Estonia Prefecture to the southeastern border of Latvia.
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