{"id":586289,"date":"2026-10-07T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=586289"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:29:48","slug":"latvia-extends-operation-against-illegal-migration-on-belarus-border-until-end-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/latvia-extends-operation-against-illegal-migration-on-belarus-border-until-end-of-year","title":{"rendered":"Latvia Extends Operation Against Illegal Migration on Belarus Border Until End of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Latvia has extended Operation Vilkatis (\u201cWerewolf\u201d), aimed at combating illegal migration on the Belarus border, until December 31 this year. The decision was made by the Latvian government on October 6.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cGiven that repairs to border infrastructure damaged by the storm on August 22-23 are still underway, as is the strengthening of the State Border Guard\u2019s capabilities, including through expanded use of unmanned aerial vehicles, the government decided to extend the security operation. This means that security controls on the Latvia-Belarus border will continue to be strengthened to prevent illegal migration,\u201d<\/i> the Latvian Border Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs.gov.lv\/lv\/jaunums\/operaciju-vilkatis-latvijas-austrumu-pierobeza-turpinas-lidz-31-decembrim\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since the operation began, Latvian border guards have stopped more than 1,400 people attempting to cross the border illegally. Several migrant smugglers have also been detained. Two tunnels leading from the Belarusian side were discovered and dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was launched on August 11 and was initially scheduled to end in September, but was extended until October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia has extended Operation Vilkatis (\u201cWerewolf\u201d), aimed at combating illegal migration on the Belarus border, until December 31 this year. The decision was made by the Latvian government on October 6. \u201cGiven that repairs to border infrastructure damaged by the storm on August 22-23 are still underway, as is the strengthening of the State Border [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":573227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ac64950e69f3.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Latvia Extends Operation Against Illegal Migration on Belarus Border Until End of Year"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143127],"tags":[143171],"class_list":["post-586289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-society","tag-latvija"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586290,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586289\/revisions\/586290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}