Thursday, August 27, 51 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10216 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 27 offenders at external borders and within the country. 12 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Pakistan, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Grebņeva, the Terehova and the Pāternieki Border Control Points 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; to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid travel document; as well as to two citizens of Germany, two – of France, one – of Belarus and one – of Estonia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 citizen of Latvia
at the Pāternieki Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia departing for Belarus, who was not in possession of valid travel document, 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 7 persons – two citizens of China, one – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of India, one – of Moldova and one - of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 8 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 Lithuania, two – of Moldova, one - of Latvia, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Romania.