On Monday, April 28, 35 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 1874 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 8 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 43 offenders at external borders and within the country. 21 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
At the Terehova Border Control Point, one citizen of Uzbekistan entering Latvia with a heavy goods vehicle and a trailer, who presented to border guards a forged Uzbekistan Roadworthiness Test Certificate, was detected. The person was held administratively liable. The forged document was seized.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 6 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Moldova, two – of Ukraine and one – of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 4 foreigners
one citizen of Russia, one – of Serbia, one – of Uzbekistan and one – of Tajikistan were detected at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 citizen of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia, leaving the country for Great Britain, whose travel document was not valid for traveling to Great Britain, 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 2 persons – one citizen of India and one – of Tajikistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 20 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 – five citizens of Belarus, three – of Moldova, three – of Serbia, two – of Ukraine, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Italy, one - of Kazakhstan and one – of Montenegro.