In Latvia

Two thousand irregular migrants were apprehended by the coast guard across the country in July, it was announced on Thursday. 

Five hundred and eighty-six new cases of coronavirus were registered in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours. Two people with confirmed coronavirus infection have died, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

The figures are similar to those of a week ago, when there were 599 new infections and three deaths.

More than 38,000 migrant smugglers have been apprehended and over 9,000 suspects have been arrested in Turkey in the past six years, according to the Presidency of Migration Management.

From Jan. 1 to April 19 this year, security forces have captured 2,545 migrant smugglers, which points to a 53 percent increase from the same period in 2021, the authority said in a statement.