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This year, border guards arrested 101 people from third countries who were trying to cross the border illegally with Latvia, or about 106 people, according to Major General "Morning Panorama" Garbars
He said "At the beginning of the summer there were fewer quantized attempts to cross the border illegally, but in June and July it was hot not only in the direct sense."
Garbars pointed out that the large number of crossings crossed is also the result of an equipped border. At the border with Russia, nearly 170 kilometers of the Latvian-Russian border belt have already been installed.
In addition, the border guard has added technical material, "we have become more efficient" because there are no more reports of Lithuanian or Polish colleagues. Garbars
He stated that border guards are badly understaffed and that at the moment, extra work means overtime for current border guards, and that 92% of funding this year's overtime is already spent.
In total, about 230 people are missing from the border guard, Garbars said. For the recruitment of border guards, additional funding is needed – about one million euros in the first year and 2-3 million per year over the next two years. The border guard has also requested additional funding for new positions in the past and plans to do so in next year's budget, Garbars said.
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