On 26 July 2022, Amnesty International issued public statements on the situation on the Latvian-Belarusian border. The organisation pointed out that while Latvia had accepted 34000 asylum seekers from Ukraine, people from Iraq and Afghanistan, including children, were left in the forest on the Latvian-Belarusian border for months during cold weather which, according to the organisation, indicates inhumane treatment and even torture. Amnesty International considers that an extension of the emergency situation at the border with Belarus should not be allowed, as it restricts access to international protection for persons in need, regardless of their origin and the way in which they enter the country.