Monday, April 20, 76 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 1549 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 30 offenders at external borders and within the country. 16 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Uzbekistan, two – of India and one – of Moldova, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia and one – of Germany due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Kyrgyzstan and one – of Uzbekistan were detected at the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 non-citizen of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one non-citizen of Latvia departing for Cyprus, who was not in possession of valid travel document, was detected. The person 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 – one citizen of Belarus, one – of Estonia and one – of India.
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 – three citizens of Latvia, three - of Belarus, one – of Estonia, one - of Moldova, one – of Romania, one – of Slovakia and one – of Tajikistan.