On Thursday, September 10, the State Border Guard officers prevented 50 people from illegally crossing the Latvia-Belarus state border, in total this year 10816 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border.
37 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country, and 21 border violators were detected at the external borders.
• Entry to Latvia was denied to 11 foreigners
One citizen of Moldova was denied entry to Latvia at the border control point of Grebneva, Terekhova, Pāternieku and "Riga" Airports, because the foreigner had already stayed in the territory of the Schengen area for 90 days during the previous 180 days, two citizens of Uzbekistan, because the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay, three Russian citizens, because the foreigners did not have valid travel documents, one Russian citizen, because the foreigner did not have valid visas or residence permits, as well as three citizens of Russia and one citizen of Belarus for security reasons. Persons returned to the countries of departure.
• Five foreigners were found to have violated the conditions of stay
Three Iranian and two Uzbek citizens were found at the border control point of Riga Airport, who had violated the conditions of stay (exceeded the period of stay specified in the visa, did not have a valid visa or residence permit) in the countries of the Schengen area. The proceedings in the case of one Iranian citizen's administrative violation were not initiated, the other persons were brought to administrative responsibility.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or regulations were detected for seven persons - one citizen of Belarus, one of Afghanistan, one of India, one of Cyprus, one of Moldova, one of Romania and one of Uzbekistan.
State Border Guard officials have held 9 individuals administratively liable or prevented them from crossing the border for violations in the field of vehicle and vessel operation – three citizens of Latvia, three of Belarus, one of Great Britain, one of Poland and one of Uzbekistan.