Monday, August 17, 45 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 9932 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 30 offenders at external borders and within the country. 22 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
while carrying out immigration control at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Guinea, who presented to border guards passport of another citizen of France, was detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for concealing one’s identity.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 10 foreigners
at the Terehova Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to six citizens of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia and one – of Belarus 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 India 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, were not in possession of valid travel document, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by one citizen of India was not initiated. The other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 7 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 – two citizens of Belarus, one – of Latvia, one – of Estonia, one – of Moldova, one - of Poland and one – of Serbia.