Friday, August 21, 47 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10116 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 34 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 9 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to four citizens of Russia, three – of Germany, one - of Switzerland and one – of Belgium, due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 8 foreigners
two citizens of Kazakhstan, two – of Russia, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Kyrgyzstan, one - of Uzbekistan and one – of Tajikistan were detected at the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Pāternieki 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, were not in possession of valid travel document). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 2 citizens of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia (female) departing for Great Britain and one – for Turkey (female), who were not in possession of valid travel document, were detected. The persons were 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 Bangladesh, one – of Somalia and one – of Sudan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 9 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, two – of Estonia, one – of Belarus, one - of Kazakhstan, one – of Romania and one – of Finland.