On Tuesday, September 15, the State Border Guard officers prevented 29 people from illegally crossing the Latvia-Belarus state border, in total this year 11054 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border.
24 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country, and 15 border violators were detected at the external borders.
• Entry into Latvia denied to seven foreign nationals
At the Riga Airport border control point, entry into Latvia was denied to one citizen of Uzbekistan and one citizen of Azerbaijan because they could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; meanwhile, at the Terehova and Pāternieki border control points, entry was denied to three citizens of Russia, one citizen of Moldova, and one citizen of Germany for security reasons. The individuals were returned to their countries of departure.
• Violations of stay conditions identified for three foreign nationals
At the Pāternieki and Riga Airport border control points, one citizen of Kazakhstan, one of Uzbekistan, and one of Moldova were found to have violated the conditions of their stay (lacking a valid visa or residence permit, or exceeding the permitted duration of stay) in Schengen Area countries. Administrative proceedings were not initiated against the citizens of Uzbekistan and Moldova, whereas the citizen of Kazakhstan was held administratively liable.
During internal immigration control operations, violations of entry or residence regulations were detected involving four individuals: citizens of Ethiopia, Somalia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
State Border Guard officials have held 5 individuals administratively liable or prevented them from crossing the border for violations in the field of vehicle and vessel operation – citizens of Moldova, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Poland.