Tunnels under the EU border with Belarus

Since July 2026 the discovery of smuggling tunnels has shifted about 300 km north from the Lithuanian-Belarusian border towards Latvia. We are tracking whether the shift continues further north, how the ECtHR Grand Chamber rules on returning people without proceedings (H.M.M. v. Latvia and two parallel cases), and the Riga prosecutor's criminal case against Belarusian border guards.

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Lotyšsko našlo druhý tajný tunel pre migrantov z Bieloruska

Za tri týždne sa nálezy tunelov pod hranicou EÚ posunuli o 300 km na sever. Lotyšsko vrátilo 43 ľudí bez konania a tri súdy o tej praxi zatiaľ mlčia.

21.8.2026

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The ECtHR Grand Chamber issued judgments in H.M.M. v. Latvia, C.O.C.G. v. Lithuania and R.A. v. Poland
Another tunnel was found on the Latvian-Belarusian or Estonian-Russian border, further north than Krāslava
Riga prosecutors closed the criminal case against officials of the Belarusian border service
After Latvia's elections on October 3, 2026 the regime or scope of Operation Vilkatis changed
Lithuania or Latvia procured joint equipment for detecting tunnels under the border
The International Court of Justice ruled on Lithuania's case against Belarus over people smuggling

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