Spike in migrant crossings toward Latvia through Belarus, August to September 2023
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a peak in migrants sent toward Latvia through Belarus in August and September 2023, which it judges was likely orchestrated. It codes the incident as disruptive immigration, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target border, location Latvia; the dataset records it as running from August 2023 to 2023-09-30, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 August 2023
- Where
- Latvia, Latvia
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset links the incident to Russia, citing a source this draft could not open (see gaps).
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Spike in migrant crossings toward Latvia through Belarus, August to September 2023", ev-20261027-1epq, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-1epq/