State Border Committee: large family left Latvia due to fears for their 10 children

A married couple living in Riga decided to take their ten children out of the European Union due to discrimination against the Russian-speaking population. After the family was deprived of certain benefits in Latvia and began to receive threats of deprivation of parental rights, they decided to leave the country, sb.by reports with reference to the Telegram channel of Belarus’ State Border Committee.

Video by State Border Committee

 Today, on October 17th, a family of 12 people managed to arrive in Belarus without wasting time on preparing documents due to the Belarusian visa-free regime.

Taking into account the difficult life circumstances that a large family had to face in Latvia, Belarus rendered comprehensive assistance to these people. In particular, they travelled from the Grigorovshchina border checkpoint to Minsk by bus, provided by the border guard service of Belarus.