Friday, August 28, 61 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10277 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 45 offenders at external borders and within the country. 18 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
During immigration control at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Afghanistan, who presented to border guards Passport of another Spanish citizen, was detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for using forged documents and concealing one’s identity.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 10 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to a holder of an Irish travel document issued under the 1951 Convention, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; while at the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to four citizens of Belarus, three – of Russia, one – of Finland and one – of Moldova 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 Tajikistan and one – of Uzbekistan 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). 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 departing for Great Britain, 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 – four citizens of Lithuania, two – of Ukraine and one - of Estonia.
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 Lithuania, three – of Belarus, two - of Latvia, two – of Kazakhstan, one – of Russia, one – of Estonia, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia, one – of Tajikistan and one – of Germany.