On Saturday, September 12, the State Border Guard officers prevented 105 people from illegally crossing the Latvia-Belarus state border, in total this year 10977 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border.
27 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country, and 15 border violators were detected at the external borders.
• Entry to Latvia was denied to six foreigners
One citizen of Azerbaijan and one citizen of Moldova were denied entry to Latvia at the border control point of Riga Airport, because the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay, one citizen of Uzbekistan, because the foreigner did not have a valid visa or residence permit, as well as one British citizen, because the foreigner has already stayed in the territory of the Schengen member states for 90 days during the previous 180 days, while at the border control point of Paternieku entry into Latvia was denied to one citizen of Moldova and one citizen of Belarus due to security reasons. Persons returned to the countries of departure.
• Five foreigners were found to have violated the conditions of stay
At the Terekhovo and Riga Airport border control points, as well as at the port of Liepāja, two Chinese, two Uzbekistani and one Dutch citizen 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, did not have a valid travel document) in the countries of the Schengen area. Proceedings in cases of administrative violations of citizens of Uzbekistan were not initiated, the other persons were brought to administrative responsibility.
• One Latvian citizen is prohibited from leaving the country
At the border control point of the "Riga" airport, one Latvian citizen traveling to Turkey was found, who did not have a valid travel document. 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 2 persons - one Egyptian and one Algerian citizen.
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 – three citizens of Moldova, three of Romania, two of Ukraine, one of Russia and one of Belarus.