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Latvia’s Border Secrets

A Latvian court ruling reaches beyond border control, testing how people can defend their right to stay when the state withholds evidence.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 15

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Latvia’s Constitutional Court on November 12 upheld restrictions on access to classified evidence supporting entry bans, while requiring enough information for the affected person to challenge the decision.

The judgment concerns the former Immigration Law, replaced o…

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