Sunday, September 27, 35 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 11526 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 26 offenders at external borders and within the country. 12 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 4 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of USA due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 minor citizen of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one minor citizen of Latvia departing for Sharm El Sheikh, who did not have notarized parental consent to travel out of the country independently, was detected. The minor was banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 3 persons – two citizens of Lithuania and one – of Romania.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 11 persons were subjected to administrative liability or were refused the right to enter the Republic of Latvia by officials of the State Border Guard of Latvia – two citizens of Latvia, two - of Lithuania, two – of Ukraine, two – of Kyrgyzstan, one - of Belarus, one – of Moldova and one – of Portugal.