Saturday, April 25, 40 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 1772 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 38 offenders at external borders and within the country. 22 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 10 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Uzbekistan and one - of Tajikistan, 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, two – of Moldova, two – of Germany and one – of Lithuania due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 8 foreigners
six citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Canada 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, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa-free regime). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by three citizens of Uzbekistan was not initiated, the other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for one citizen of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 15 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 – four citizens of Belarus, three - of Latvia, two - of Kyrgyzstan, two – of Moldova, one - of Russia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Serbia and one – of Uzbekistan.