Ms Marija Golubeva, Minister of the Interior, met today with Mr Thomas Byrne, Minister of State for European Affairs of Ireland, to discuss developments in home affairs, including the situation on…
From POLITICO interview with Marija Golubeva, minister for the Interior of Latvia Opinion piece Since July, the surge in illegal migration from Belarus to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland has seen…
UNHCR experts will visit Latvia from 23 August to 26 August. They will meet with experts from the Ministry of the Interior, State Border Guards, The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs and…
We, the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, express our grave concern regarding the situation on the borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland with Belarus. It is clear to us that…
Latvia considers that Belarus must assume responsibility for people at its border with Latvia, and calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to become involved in the resolution of…
On Tuesday, 17 August, the Cabinet of Ministers voted in favor to amend the Criminal Law and introduce increased responsibility for human smuggling across the state border. The final vote on this…
On Wednesday, August 18, Minister for the Interior Marija Golubeva met with representatives of non-governmental organizations to discuss the situation on the border of Latvia-Belarus. The meeting…
On Wednesday, August 18 European Union's interior ministers met for an emergency meeting, an integrated political crisis response format (IPCR) instituted in response to the situation at the European…
On Tuesday, August 10, the Cabinet of Ministers issued an order declaring a state of emergency in administrative territories of Ludza, Krāslava, Augšdaugava and Daugavpils. The decision stems from a…
To protect the external border of Latvia and the European Union against the use of instrumentalisation of illegal migration, Minister for the Interior Marija Golubeva proposes to declare state of…
