Saeima supports stiffer penalties for aiding illegal migration

The amendments establish harsher penalties for the illegal movement of people across the state border, for organizing illegal residence, and other criminal offenses related to illegal migration.

In the most serious cases, the maximum prison sentence is increased from 10 to 12 years, and for organizing illegal residence from six to eight years.

The authors of the draft law indicate in the annotation that these criminal offences pose a direct threat to the inviolability of th...