On Tuesday, December 19, no one person was stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 13857 persons have been stopped during this year.
A total 428 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On December 19, officials of the State Border Guard detected 38 offenders at external borders and within the country.
19 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- conditions of residence were violated by 7 foreigners
four citizens of Georgia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Moldova and one – of Great Britain were detected at the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa or visa-free regime, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by the two citizens of Georgia 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 2 persons – one citizen of Estonia and one – of Portugal.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 17 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, three – of Kazakhstan, three – of Moldova, two – of Russia, one – of Belarus, one – of Lithuania, one – of Kirgizstan, one – of Ukraine, one – of Germany and one – of Uzbekisrtan.