http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20221115-215612-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/seven-months-in-the-freezing-forest/ Seven Months in the Freezing Forest - Why events at the Latvian-Belarus border were long hidden from the public Ancite-Jepifánova, Aleksandra eng 2022-11-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 asylum Belarus border control Border Protection Borders Frontex latvia Migration pushbacks Right to Asylum Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 10 November 2022, Latvia extended the emergency situation at its border with Belarus for a further three months – now until February 2023. Introduced in August 2021 in response to the perceived ‘hybrid attack’ organised by Minsk, the state of emergency has since been renewed five times, effectively becoming a permanent condition. In practical terms that means that Latvia will continue carrying out systematic pushbacks – despite the very low number of border crossing attempts and allegations of gross violations of human rights.