‘A Ceuta-style surge is possible’: Border tensions on NATO’s eastern flank

Al Jazeera reports: Belarus-linked incidents trouble Latvia and Lithuania, where experts warn of security challenges. Masked and armed men attempted to cross into Latvia from Belarus alongside 20 undocumented migrants on Monday. “The (masked) escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to … soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” Janis Dombrava, Latvia’s interior minister, said on Tuesday.

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