Seven people were detained in Tallinn on suspicion of illegally entering Estonia
Estonian police detained six people at the Tallinn Islamic Cultural Center on suspicion of illegal entry into the country. Another person was detained for the same reason on the same day in the Kalamaja district, ERR News reports, citing Delfi.
Raavo Järva, head of the Tallinn border checkpoint of the Northern Prefecture of the Police and Border Guard Board, stated that patrol officers were following up on a tip and arrived at the Estonian Islamic Center and prayer hall on Keevise Street. There, they found six people without the documents required to stay in Estonia.
The six detainees were taken to a detention center. Law enforcement officials must determine their countries of origin and the circumstances of their entry into Estonia. A seventh person was detained at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Suur-Laagri Street in the Kalamaja district.
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According to Järva, the police have stepped up checks due to an increase in the number of cases of people entering Estonia without the necessary documents. Additional personnel have been deployed at ports and airports, and law enforcement agencies are exchanging information with their counterparts in Latvia and other neighboring countries.
A significant portion of the recently detected cases is linked to migration pressure at the border between Belarus and Latvia. According to police, in some cases, people traveled north to Estonia after entering Latvia and attempted to board ferries at Tallinn’s Old City Harbor.
The Police and Border Guard Department handed over to Latvia 29 foreign nationals who had entered Estonia illegally. There are currently 115 foreign nationals being held at the detention center where the detainees were taken. A spokesperson for the Border Guard Service reported last Friday that since July 21, authorities have detained 109 foreign nationals, approximately half of whom claimed to be unaccompanied minors.
