Hunters help detain eight migrants in Krāslava municipality
On Saturday, hunters in the forests of Latvia's Krāslava municipality unexpectedly came across eight migrants who had entered from Belarus. They alerted the border guard and helped detain them.
In eastern Latvia, hunters in the forests of Krāslava municipality unexpectedly encountered eight migrants on Saturday. The people had entered Latvia from neighbouring Belarus, with which the country shares a border.
The hunters notified the State Border Guard, the agency that monitors Latvia's border and deals with illegal crossings. They also helped detain the migrants.
The hunters' account of the incident and how they assisted in the detentions was reported by the news programme of the TV3 channel. The source gives no further details about the migrants' origin, what happened to them after being detained, or the exact location within the municipality.
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