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The following has evaluated to null or missing:
==> FrontendService.media.getDMTJsonObject( coverBild.groupId?number, coverBild.uuid, locale ) [in template "252001#252047#252845" at line 128, column 37]
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FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related):
- Failed at: dMTJsonObject = FrontendService.media... [in template "252001#252047#252845" at line 128, column 21]
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1<#-- used @ Veranstaltung-Detailseite Intro 
2 used @ Publikation-Detailseite Intro 
3--> 
4 
5<#-- 
6Web content templates to display teaser on thema detail page 
7 
8Generic template for detail pages Intro / Teaser element 
9--> 
10<#-- 
11Display the current page title 
12--> 
13<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/functions/relatedContentUtil.ftl" /> 
14<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/debugging.ftl" /> 
15 
16<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/page-modules/PMIntro.ftl" /> 
17<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMPublicationCarousel.ftl" /> 
18<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMMetadata.ftl" /> 
19<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMDatetime.ftl" /> 
20 
21 
22<#-- 
23 renders the Intro for nearly all Pages 
24 TODO: remove Share? (was in the designs, but not anymore?) 
25 TODO: check if languageSelect/filter are working (js) 
26 
27 - portletId 
28 - data = { 
29 "media": string (src from image), 
30 "category": string, 
31 "title": string, 
32 "author": string, 
33 "subheadline": string, 
34 "copy": string, 
35 "filter": { 
36 "id": string, 
37 "name": string, 
38 "entries": Array<Object> ({key:value}), 
39 }, 
40 "languageSelect": { 
41 "id": string, 
42 "name": string, 
43 "entries": Array<Object> ({key:value}), 
44 }, 
45 "meta": { 
46 "pos"; string (top/bottom) 
47 "date": string, 
48 "hash": string, 
49 "info": string, (url) 
50 }, 
51 "share" : { 
52 "login": string, 
53 "print": string, 
54 "mail": string, 
55 "multishare": string?? (tbd) 
56
57 - AMMetadata: macro 
58 - position: String ("top") -> defines wether the meta-data should be rendered above or below the intro-content 
59
60--> 
61 
62<#assign 
63 JournalArticleLocalService = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.journal.service.JournalArticleLocalService") 
64 
65 ServiceContext = staticUtil["com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.ServiceContextThreadLocal"].getServiceContext() 
66 DLAPP = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.document.library.kernel.service.DLAppLocalService") 
67 
68 themeDisplay = ServiceContext.getThemeDisplay() 
69 editmode = FrontendService.user.isPrivilegedUser(themeDisplay) 
70 
71 languageId = themeDisplay.getLocale() 
72 groupId = themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId() 
73 currentUrl = themeDisplay.getURLCurrent() 
74 
75 layout = themeDisplay.getLayout() 
76 layouttpl = layout.getTypeSettingsProperties().getProperty("layout-template-id") 
77/> 
78 
79<#setting locale="${languageId}"> 
80 
81<#-- get article from url --> 
82 
83<#assign entry = FrontendService.article.getArticleToUrl(currentUrl, groupId?number)! > 
84 
85 
86<#if entry?has_content> 
87 
88 <#if entry.resourcePrimKey??> 
89 <#assign primaryKey = entry.resourcePrimKey?number > 
90 <#elseif entry.classPK??> 
91 <#assign primaryKey = entry.classPK?number > 
92 </#if> 
93 
94 <#assign 
95 jsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(primaryKey) 
96 json = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(jsonString) 
97 availablelanguages = FrontendService.article.getAssetEntryToUrl(primaryKey).getAvailableLanguageIds() 
98 
99 title = entry.getTitle(languageId) 
100 data = { 
101 "title": title 
102
103 /> 
104 <@debugJsonString jsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" /> 
105 
106 <#if hasContent('untertitel', languageId, json)> 
107 <#assign data = data + { "subheadline": getValueForLanguage('untertitel', languageId, json, "first") } > 
108 </#if> 
109 
110 <#if hasContent('beschreibung', languageId, json)> 
111 <#assign data = data + { "copy": getValueForLanguage('beschreibung', languageId, json, "first") } > 
112 </#if> 
113 
114 <#-- fill meta data --> 
115 <#assign meta = {} /> 
116 
117 <#-- PUBLIKATIONEN DETAIL --> 
118 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_PUBLIKATIONEN_DETAIL")> 
119 
120 <#if hasContent('coverDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json)> 
121 <#assign 
122 coverBildString = getValueForLanguage('coverDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json, "first") 
123 /> 
124 
125 <#if coverBildString?has_content> 
126 <#assign 
127 coverBild = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(coverBildString) 
128 dMTJsonObject = FrontendService.media.getDMTJsonObject( coverBild.groupId?number, coverBild.uuid, locale ) 
129 linkToDMT = FrontendService.media.getImageURLForAMConfiguration('hd-resolution',coverBild.groupId?number, coverBild.uuid ) 
130 data = data + { "media": linkToDMT, "meta" : dMTJsonObject } 
131 /> 
132 <#if dMTJsonObject.altText?? > 
133 <#assign data = data + {"alt" : dMTJsonObject.altText} /> 
134 </#if> 
135 <#if dMTJsonObject.quelle??> 
136 <#assign meta = meta + { "quelle": dMTJsonObject.quelle } /> 
137 </#if> 
138 </#if> 
139 <#-- uncomment to display pdf cover as Intro Image 
140 <#elseif hasContent('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', languageId, json)> 
141 <#assign 
142 pdfDocument = getValueForLanguage('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', languageId, json, "first") 
143 fileEntry = FrontendService.media.getFileEntry(pdfDocument.uuid, groupId?number)!/> 
144 <#if fileEntry?has_content> 
145 <#assign 
146 linkToThumbnail = FrontendService.link.getThumbnailSrc(fileEntry , themeDisplay) 
147 data = data + { "media": linkToThumbnail } 
148 /> 
149 </#if> 
150 --> 
151 </#if> 
152 
153 <#assign 
154 meta = meta + { "orderInfo": "true" } 
155 verbundJournalArticle = FrontendService.publication.getVerbundToPublikation( entry )!"" 
156 /> 
157 
158 
159 
160 <#if hasContent('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json)> 
161 <#assign 
162 erscheinungsdatum = getValueForLanguage('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
163 /> 
164 <#if erscheinungsdatum?has_content > 
165 <#assign 
166 erscheinungsdatumFormatted = FrontendService.date.getDateFormatLong( erscheinungsdatum, languageId ) 
167 meta = meta + { "date": erscheinungsdatumFormatted } 
168 /> 
169 </#if> 
170 </#if> 
171 
172 <#if verbundJournalArticle?has_content> 
173 <#assign 
174 verbundJsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(verbundJournalArticle.resourcePrimKey) 
175 verbundJson = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(verbundJsonString) 
176 laufendenummer = getValueForLanguage('laufendenummer', languageId, verbundJson, "first") 
177 coverImg = getValueForLanguage('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, verbundJson, "first") 
178 /> 
179 <@debugJsonString verbundJsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO-verbundJournalArticle" /> 
180 <#assign meta = meta + { "laufendenummer": laufendenummer } > 
181 
182 <#if coverImg?has_content && coverImg.url?has_content > 
183 <#assign meta = meta + { "coverImg": coverImg.url } > 
184 </#if> 
185 </#if> 
186 
187 
188 <#if meta?has_content> 
189 <#assign data = data + {"meta": meta } > 
190 </#if> 
191 
192 </#if> 
193 <#-- PUBLIKATIONEN DETAIL END --> 
194 
195 
196 <#-- VERANSTALTUNGEN DETAIL --> 
197 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_VERANSTALTUNGEN_DETAIL")> 
198 <#assign 
199 friendlyUrl = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(primaryKey, languageId, groupId)!"" 
200 links = [] 
201 /> 
202 <#if availablelanguages?has_content && friendlyUrl?has_content> 
203 <#if (availablelanguages?size > 1) > 
204 <#list availablelanguages as language> 
205 <#assign 
206 defaultLanguage = "de_DE" 
207 defaultLocale = FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(defaultLanguage) 
208 linkLocale = (FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(language))!defaultLocale 
209 langFriendlyUrl = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(primaryKey, linkLocale, groupId) 
210 
211 link = { 
212 "key": language!defaultLanguage, 
213 "value": linkLocale.getDisplayLanguage(languageId), 
214 "url": "/c/portal/update_language?p_l_id=" + 
215 layout.plid + "&redirect=" + langFriendlyUrl + 
216 "&languageId=" + language 
217
218 /> 
219 <#if language == languageId> 
220 <#assign link = link + { "selected": "true" } > 
221 </#if> 
222 <#assign links = links + [link]> 
223 </#list> 
224 <#assign 
225 data = data + { 
226 "languageSelect": { 
227 "id": "languageSelectRedirect", 
228 "name": "languageselectRedirect", 
229 "entries": links, 
230 "label": languageUtil.get(languageId, "diese.veranstaltung.ist.in.weiteren.sprachen.verfuegbar") 
231
232
233 /> 
234 </#if> 
235 </#if> 
236 </#if> 
237 
238 <#if hasContent('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json)> 
239 <#assign 
240 startdate = getValueForLanguage('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
241 meta = meta + { "start": startdate?date.iso, "end": "" } 
242 /> 
243 </#if> 
244 
245 <#if hasContent('startdatum', languageId, json)> 
246 <#assign 
247 startdate = getValueForLanguage('startdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
248 meta = meta + { "start": startdate?date.iso, "end": "" } 
249 /> 
250 </#if> 
251 
252 <#if hasValue('einfuehrungText', locale, json)> 
253 <#assign data = data + { "einfuehrungText" : getValueForLanguage('einfuehrungText', locale, json, "first") } > 
254 <#elseif hasValue(FrontendService.article.getFieldNameByReferenceName(primaryKey, 'einfuehrungText'), locale, json, "first")> 
255 <#assign data = data + { "einfuehrungText" : getValueForLanguage(FrontendService.article.getFieldNameByReferenceName(primaryKey, 'einfuehrungText'), locale, json, "first") } > 
256 </#if> 
257 
258 <#if hasContent('endedatum', languageId, json)> 
259 <#assign 
260 enddate = getValueForLanguage('endedatum', languageId, json, "first") 
261 meta = meta + { "end": enddate?date.iso } 
262 /> 
263 </#if> 
264 
265 <#if hasContent('startzeit', languageId, json)> 
266 <#assign 
267 startzeit = getValueForLanguage('startzeit', languageId, json, "first") 
268 /> 
269 <#if startzeit?has_content > 
270 <#assign meta = meta + { "startzeit": startzeit } /> 
271 </#if> 
272 </#if> 
273 
274 <#if hasContent('endezeit', languageId, json)> 
275 <#assign 
276 endezeit = getValueForLanguage('endezeit', languageId, json, "first") 
277 meta = meta + { "endezeit": endezeit } 
278 /> 
279 </#if> 
280 
281 <#if hasContent('ortWCSKASDEORT', languageId, json)> 
282 <#assign 
283 ortWCSKASDEORT = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(getValueForLanguage('ortWCSKASDEORT', languageId, json, "first")) 
284 ortWCSKASDEORTPrimaryKey = ortWCSKASDEORT.classPK?number 
285 ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent = FrontendService.article.getWebcontentByPk(ortWCSKASDEORTPrimaryKey)!"" 
286 /> 
287 <#if ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent?has_content > 
288 <#assign 
289 ortWCSKASDEORTTitle = ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent.getTitle(languageId)!"" 
290 /> 
291 <#if ortWCSKASDEORTTitle?has_content > 
292 <#assign 
293 meta = meta + { "ortWCSKASDEORT": ortWCSKASDEORTTitle } 
294 /> 
295 </#if> 
296 </#if> 
297 </#if> 
298 
299 
300 <#if hasContent('veranstaltungsnummer', languageId, json)> 
301 <#assign 
302 verauuid = getValueForLanguage('veranstaltungsnummer', languageId, json, "first") 
303 meta = meta + { "verauuid": verauuid } 
304 /> 
305 </#if> 
306 
307 
308 <#if (data.meta)?has_content > 
309 <#assign meta = data.meta /> 
310 </#if> 
311 
312 <#if !(data.media)?has_content && hasContent('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json)> 
313 <#assign 
314 medium = getValueForLanguage('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json, "first") 
315 mediaData = getRelatedMediaObject(medium, themeDisplay, languageId, FrontendService, "hd-resolution") 
316 /> 
317 <#assign data = data + { "media": mediaData.url , "meta" : mediaData.meta} > 
318 
319 
320 <#if mediaData.meta?? && mediaData.meta.quelle??> 
321 <#assign meta = meta + data.meta + { "quelle": mediaData.meta.quelle } /> 
322 </#if> 
323 </#if> 
324 
325 
326 <#if meta?has_content> 
327 <#assign data = data + {"meta": meta } > 
328 </#if> 
329 
330 <#-- END fill meta data --> 
331 
332 <#if hasContentForSequence('autorenWCSKASDEPERSON', languageId, json)> 
333 <#assign 
334 journalArticles = getValueForLanguageAnsprechpartner('autorenWCSKASDEPERSON', languageId, json) 
335 authors = [] 
336 /> 
337 <#list journalArticles as articleString> 
338 <#assign article = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(articleString) /> 
339 <#if article?has_content && article?is_hash && article.classPK??> 
340 <#assign articleDereferenced = FrontendService.person.resolveContactInstanceToPerson(article, languageId)!"" /> 
341 <#if articleDereferenced?has_content > 
342 <#assign 
343 author = "" 
344 articlePrimaryKey = articleDereferenced.classPK?number 
345 articleJsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(articlePrimaryKey) 
346 articleJson = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(articleJsonString) 
347 /> 
348 <@debugJsonString articleJsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO-autorenWCSKASDEPERSON" /> 
349 <#if hasValue('anredetitel', languageId, articleJson)> 
350 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('anredetitel', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
351 </#if> 
352 <#if hasValue('vorname', languageId, articleJson)> 
353 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('vorname', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
354 </#if> 
355 <#if hasValue('nachname', languageId, articleJson)> 
356 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('nachname', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
357 </#if> 
358 
359 <#attempt> 
360 <#assign href = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(articlePrimaryKey, languageId, groupId)!"#" > 
361 <#recover> 
362 <#assign href = "#" > 
363 </#attempt> 
364 <#if href?has_content && href != "#" && href != "/_404"> 
365 <#assign author = '<a href="' + href + '">' + author?trim + '</a>'> 
366 </#if> 
367 
368 <#assign authors = authors + [author?trim]> 
369 </#if> 
370 </#if> 
371 </#list> 
372 <#if authors?has_content> 
373 <#assign data = data + { "author": authors?join(", ") } > 
374 </#if> 
375 </#if> 
376 
377 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_VERANSTALTUNGEN_DETAIL") > 
378 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "VERANSTALTUNGSTYP")! > 
379 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
380 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
381 </#if> 
382 
383 <#if hasContent('ausgebucht', languageId, json)> 
384 <#assign data = data + { "ausgebucht" : getValueForLanguage('ausgebucht', languageId, json, "first") }> 
385 </#if> 
386 
387 <#if hasContent('storniert', languageId, json)> 
388 <#assign data = data + { "storniert" : getValueForLanguage('storniert', languageId, json, "first") }> 
389 </#if> 
390 
391 <#elseif layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_PUBLIKATIONEN_DETAIL") > 
392 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "PUBLIKATIONSREIHE")! > 
393 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
394 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
395 </#if> 
396 <#else> 
397 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "THEMA")! > 
398 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
399 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
400 </#if> 
401 </#if> 
402 
403 
404 <#assign 
405 languages = [] 
406 /> 
407 
408 <#attempt> 
409 <#if json["document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT"]?? > 
410 <#if availablelanguages?has_content> 
411 <#list availablelanguages as pdf_language> 
412 <#assign 
413 docRefJson = getValueForLanguage('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', pdf_language, json, "first") 
414 docRef = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(docRefJson) 
415 /> 
416 <#if docRef?is_hash && pdf_language != languageId > 
417 <#assign 
418 lang = FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(pdf_language)!"" 
419 docGroupId = docRef["groupId"]?number 
420 docUuid = docRef["uuid"] 
421 dMTJsonObject = FrontendService.media.getDMTJsonObject( docGroupId, docUuid, locale ) 
422 dMTLink = FrontendService.media.getLinkToDMT( dMTJsonObject ) 
423 /> 
424 <#if lang?has_content> 
425 <#assign 
426 languages = languages + [ 
427
428 "key": pdf_language, 
429 "value": FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(pdf_language).getDisplayLanguage(), 
430 "url": dMTLink 
431 }] 
432 /> 
433 </#if> 
434 </#if> 
435 </#list> 
436 </#if> 
437 </#if> 
438 <#recover> 
439 </#attempt> 
440 
441 <#if (languages?size > 0)> 
442 <#attempt> 
443 <#assign 
444 data = data + { "languageSelect": { 
445 "id": "languageSelect", 
446 "name": "languageselect", 
447 "entries": languages, 
448 "documents": "", 
449 "button": "true" 
450 }} 
451 /> 
452 <#recover> 
453 </#attempt> 
454 </#if> 
455 
456 <@PMIntro "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" data AMMetadata AMDatetime "bottom" /> 
457 ${FrontendService.article.getEditArticleHtml(primaryKey, themeDisplay)} 
458 
459 <#if data.meta?has_content> 
460 <#if data.meta.laufendenummer?has_content !isACColorScheme() && !isVLCColorScheme() && !isDPMColorScheme()> 
461 <div>  
462 <div id="publicationVerbundPagination"> 
463 <@AMPublicationCarousel data.meta.laufendenummer data.meta.date data.meta.coverImg /> 
464 </div> 
465 </div> 
466 </#if> 
467 </#if> 
468 
469<#elseif (editmode?? && editmode)> 
470 <@errorMessage languageUtil.get(locale, "kein.journalArticle.gefunden") "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" layouttpl currentUrl /> 
471</#if> 

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The state of emergency

The decision to declare a state of emergency has been proved effective to decrease the number of migrants crossing the border. From August 10 until August 20, 476 persons who tried to cross the border have been turned back. However, Latvia does allow some migrants to cross the border due to humane reasons, such as health. During the state of emergency, 25 persons were allowed to cross the border due to humane reasons.[3]

Report by Deutsche Welle about the situation on the Belarus-Latvia border

On August 18, German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report about the situation on the Belarus-Latvia border. This report features an interview with Rawa, a man from Iraq. He says that he alongside other families has been stuck between the borders of Latvia and Belarus for a week. It is also noted in the report that there are sick children stuck between the borders and that the migrants are not given any food. [4] The migrants arrive in Belarus with a tourist visa, hoping that they could enter the bordering EU member state, Latvia. However, given that the state of emergency has been declared, the migrants are not allowed to cross the border.

Guntis Pujāts, Head of the State Border Guard, has called the DW report exaggerated because no migrant group has stayed in the border zone for more than 3 days. Pujāts also mentioned that migrant groups are provided with medical check-ups, food and water deliveries. Furthermore, he said that the migrants shown in the DW video are on the Belarus side of the border, not in the neutral zone. The Latvian Ombudsman has also commented about the video, asking Latvian authorities to act on the situation if the migrant conditions shown in the video turn out to be true. Furthermore, the Ministry of Interior of Latvia has responded that the State Border Guard cooperates with NGOs to provide migrants with clothes and raincoats.[5]

The Minister of Interior of Latvia Marija Golubeva has voiced her critique of the DW report in a tweet: “Latvian Border Guards are providing the people whom Belarusian special forces are trying to push over the EU border with water and food, medicines and clothing as well as with medical examination. If there are any threats to their life or health, they are taken into hospital.”[6] Furthermore, the Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks has called the DW report biased “because you fail to say that Belarussian authorities are forcing these people to cross border against their will. It’s a hybrid war strategy executed by the Lukashenka regime against EU with the goal to activate public opinion in EU against EU. Be smart.”[7]

Migrant point of view

The general consensus is that Belarus is organizing the migrant flow to the Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish borders. A recent interview with an Iraqi family helps to understand how the migrants have become victims of Belarusian hybrid warfare. This Iraqi family came to Belarus on a tourist visa. On the second day in Belarus the family was told that they are going sightseeing. They were brought to the border with a bus, and later were forced through the woods to Latvia by a Belarusian man in a military uniform. These people were told to go back to Belarus by the Latvian State Border Guard. The mother from the family had health problems, so they were transported to a hospital. There Belarusian men in uniforms took their passports, so they could not go back to Iraq, the family said in the interview. The Belarusians forced them to cross the Latvian border, despite having health problems. The family was allowed to cross the Latvian border by the Latvian State Guard due to humane reasons.[8]

International reactions

The European Union is supporting Latvia to control the situation at the Belarusian border. Experts from FRONTEX, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency are assisting the Latvian Border Guard. In addition to that, there has been considerable cooperation between the Baltic States and Poland in respect to the ongoing border crisis. On August 21, the Prime Ministers of the Baltic States and Poland held a meeting about the situation on the Belarus border, deciding to continue strengthening the border. The Prime Ministers issued a joint statement, where they condoned the actions by the Lukashenka regime: “the use of migrants in order to destabilise neighbouring countries is an obvious violation of international laws, and should be seen as a hybrid attack against Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, and, as such, against the entire European Union."[9]

On August 25 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued an indication for the Latvian and Polish authorities about the treatment of migrants on the border with Belarus. The Court ordered the Latvian authorities to provide the migrants with food, water, clothing, medical assistance, and temporary accommodation if possible. However, the Court’s decision does not mean that Latvia must allow the migrants to cross the border. The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded by stating that Latvia is already providing food, water and medical support in accordance with humanitarian principles and will continue to do so, respecting the ECHR decision. Interior Minister Marija Golubeva has also responded that Latvia is already dealing with migrants in accordance with the ECHR statement.[10]

Actions by the government

Declaring a state of emergency is not the only action taken by the Latvian government to curb the flow of migrants. On August 19, Saeima (the parliament of Latvia) approved the government’s proposals to strengthen the Latvia-Belarus border. This would allow continuing to build the fence on the border with Belarus much quicker than before.[11] Over the weekend, on August 21 and 22 no persons tried to cross the Latvian border via Belarus illegally. While it is hard to make assumptions about the future, it can be said that the decisions by the Latvian government until now have decreased the number of illegal border crossings via Belarus.[12]

 

 


 

 

 

[1] LETA. (2021, August 21). Piektdien novērsts viena cilvēka mēģinājums nelikumīgi šķērsot Latvijas-Baltkrievijas robežu. delfi.lv. https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/criminal/piektdien-noversts-viena-cilveka-meginajums-nelikumigi-skersot-latvijas-baltkrievijas-robezu.d?id=53509917

[2] Deutsche Welle. (2021, August 13). Flüchtlinge im Niemandsland zwischen Belarus und Lettland | DW | 18.08.2021. DW.COM. https://www.dw.com/de/fl%C3%BCchtlinge-im-niemandsland-zwischen-belarus-und-lettland/av-58900475

[3] Arājs, K. (2021, August 18). Internetā cirkulējošais video ar bēgļiem “starp robežām” ir pārspīlēts, skaidro ministrijā. delfi.lv. https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/interneta-cirkulejosais-video-ar-begliem-starp-robezam-ir-parspilets-skaidro-ministrija.d?id=53500221

[4] Golubeva, M. [@MGolubeva_LV]. (2021, September 18). Latvian Border Guards are providing the people whom Belarusian special forces are trying to push over the EU border with [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/MGolubeva_LV/status/1427903108622004234

[5] Pabriks, A. [@Pabriks]. (2021, August 18). Your report is biased, because you fail to say that Belarussian authorities are forcing these people to cross border against [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/Pabriks/status/1427901737885655043?s=20

[6] LTV Ziņu Dienests. (2021, August 25). Aizsardzības nozares ziņu portāls Sargs.lv sadarbībā ar Valsts robežsardze piedāvā iepazīties ar stāstu par kādu irākiešu ģimeni, kas kļuvusi par [Facebook post]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ltvzinas/posts/1936644849849859

[7] The First News. (2021, August 23). Polish, Baltic States PMs accuse Lukashenko of planning crisis on its border. The First News. https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/polish-baltic-states-pms-accuse-lukashenko-of-planning-crisis-on-its-border-24203

[8] LSM. (2021b, August 26). Latvian officials respond to ECHR’s statement on border situation. LSM.LV. https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/latvian-officials-respond-to-echrs-statement-on-border-situation.a418607/

[9] LSM Ziņu redakcija. (2021, August 19). Saeima pieņem grozījumus par ātrāku Latvijas austrumu robežas izbūvi. LSM.LV. https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/saeima-pienem-grozijumus-par-atraku-latvijas-austrumu-robezas-izbuvi.a417697/

[10] LSM. (2021, August 23). No border offenders caught on Latvian-Belarusian border over weekend. LSM.LV. https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/no-border-offenders-caught-on-latvian-belarusian-border-over-weekend.a418078/

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