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Border Guards Tackle Wave of Illegal Migrants in South

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Border guards in southern Estonia's Võru County apprehended 26 people trying to illegally enter Estonia on Sunday, ERR News reported.

The migrants were not all caught at once, but over the course of the day. The Police and Border Guard Board identified their origin only as Asian, and said their were no children among the illegals.

A South Prefecture official, Tarmo Kohv, said border guards will continue to be on high alert for the time being.

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