On Monday, March 30, the State Border Guard officers prevented 13 people from illegally crossing the Latvian-Belarusian state border, in total this year 273 people have been prevented from illegally crossing the state border.
In total, 42 violators were detected at the external borders and within the country out of whom 20 were detected at the external borders.
• One Latvian citizen detected with forged documents
At the border control point of the Riga Airport, border guards detected one Latvian citizen leaving Latvia, who presented an identity card with signs of forgery during the border check. An administrative violation process has been initiated for the use of a forged document. As part of it, the forged document has been seized.
• Entry into Latvia denied to 11 foreigners
At the border control points of Terehova, Pāternieki, Liepāja and Riga Airport, entry into Latvia was denied to two Russian and one Moldovan citizens because the foreigners did not have a valid visa or residence permit, one Brazilian citizen because the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of stay, while entry into Latvia was denied to two Russian, two Moldovan, one Kazakh, one Uzbek and one German citizens due to security reasons. The persons were returned to their countries of departure.
• Violations of residence conditions were detected for six foreigners
Two citizens of Uzbekistan, one of Kazakhstan, one of Turkey, one of Tajikistan and one of Georgia were detected at the border control points in Grebneva, Pāternieki and Riga Airport, who had violated the residence conditions (did not have a valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the period of residence specified in the visa-free regime) in the Schengen area countries. The administrative violation case of the Turkish citizen was not initiated, the other persons were held administratively liable.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence rules were detected for six persons – two citizens of Uzbekistan, one citizen of Russia, one citizen of Georgia, one citizen of Sudan, and one citizen of Ukraine.
For violations in the field of operation of vehicles and vessels, State Border Guard officials have held 17 persons administratively liable or prevented them from crossing the border – seven Belarusian, three Lithuanian, three Kyrgyz, two Moldovan, one Latvian and one Romanian citizens.
Informāciju sagatavoja: Inga Bēķe,
Valsts robežsardzes Galvenās pārvaldes Stratēģiskās attīstības un sabiedrisko attiecību nodaļas galvenā inspektore, mob. 26443647, e-pasts inga.beke@rs.gov.lv