On Friday, September 11, the State Border Guard officers prevented 56 people from illegally crossing the Latvia-Belarus state border, in total this year 10872 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border.
35 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country, and 17 border violators were detected at the external borders.
• Entry to Latvia was denied to six foreigners
At the Grebnieva, Terehova, Pāternieku and Riga Airport border control points, as well as at the port of Riga, entry into Latvia was denied to two Russians (one sailor), two Belarusians, one German and one Ukrainian citizen due to security reasons. Regarding the sailor, a letter of guarantee was taken from the ship's captain that the foreigner will not go ashore while the ship is in port, the other persons were returned to the countries of departure.
• Two foreigners were found to have violated the conditions of stay
At the border control point of Riga Airport, two citizens of Azerbaijan were found to have 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. Proceedings in cases of administrative violations of persons were not initiated.
• One Latvian citizen is prohibited from leaving the country
At the border control point of the "Riga" airport, one Latvian minor leaving for Turkey was found, who did not have at least one parent's notarized consent for the child's independent departure from the country. The person is prohibited from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or regulations were detected for 8 persons - three citizens of Lithuania, two of Latvia, one of Russia, one of Estonia and one of Pakistan.
State Border Guard officials have held 10 individuals administratively liable or prevented them from crossing the border for violations in the field of vehicle and vessel operation – two citizens of Lithuania, two of Kazakhstan, two of Moldova, one of Latvia, one of France, one of Azerbaijan and one of Serbia.