On Monday, April 14, State Border Guard officers prevented 120 people from illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian state border. A total of 997 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border this year.
For humanitarian reasons seven people have been admitted this year.
In total, 43 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country out of whom 18 were detected at the external borders.
• Entry into Latvia was denied to 11 foreigners
At the Riga Airport border control point, entry into Latvia was denied to two Indian and one Moldovan citizens because the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and residence, while at the Terehova, Grebņeva and Pāternieki border control points, entry into Latvia was denied to one Moldovan citizen because the foreigner did not have a valid travel document, one Uzbek citizen because the foreigner did not have a valid visa or residence permit, as well as three Moldovan, two Belarusian and one Russian citizens due to security reasons. The persons have been returned to their countries of departure.
• Violations of residence conditions were detected for one foreigner
At the Riga Airport border control point, one Uzbek citizen was detected who had violated the residence conditions (no valid visa or residence permit) in the Schengen area countries. The persons have been held administratively liable.
• One Latvian citizen was denied exit from the country
One Latvian citizen traveling to Great Britain was detected at the border control point of Riga Airport, who did not have a valid travel document. The person was denied exit from the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence regulations were detected for two persons – one Estonian and one Ukrainian citizen.
For violations in the field of operation of vehicles and vessels, State Border Guard officials have held 23 persons administratively liable or prevented them from crossing the border – five Moldovan, four Belarusian, three Lithuanian, two Russian, two Kazakh, two Ukrainian, one Latvian, one Azerbaijani, one Kyrgyz, one Serbian and one Finnish citizens.