On Sunday, August 10, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 8329 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 15 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 51 offenders at external borders and within the country. 23 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to four citizens of Russia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; to one citizen of Belarus, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as to one citizen of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 11 foreigners
nine citizens of Russia, one – of Moldova and one – of Kyrgyzstan were detected at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Points, for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (were not in possession of valid travel document, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa-free regime). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by six citizens of Russia 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 6 persons – two citizens of Estonia, one – of Russia, one – of Belarus, one – of Lithuania and one – of France.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 22 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, four – of Latvia, two – of Moldova, one – of Russia, one - of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Belgium, one – of Brazil, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia, one – of Tajikistan, one – of Uzbekistan and one – of Germany.