Latvia starts pushing back migrants at tense Belarus border

A Latvian border guard looks at detained migrants, who have crossed the Belarus-Latvia border, next to the border area near Vorzova, Latvia August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

ROBEZNIEKI, Latvia (Reuters) - Latvian border guards turned back dozens of migrants into Belarus overnight under a new state of emergency designed to stem a flow of arrivals the European Union says is orchestrated by Minsk.

At daybreak on Wednesday some 30 migrants - including women and toddlers - started a camp fire to warm up after a night of walking through fields in northern Belarus to the frontier.