On Saturday, December 20, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12025 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 31 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 28 offenders at external borders and within the country. 17 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova and the Pāternieki Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner is subject to a ban on entering and staying in the territory of the Schengen Area countries; to one citizen of Kazakhstan, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Georgia, as the foreigner has already stayed for 90 days in the territory of the Schengen area countries in the preceding 180 days; as well as to two citizens of Moldova, one - 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 6 foreigners
five citizens of Russia and one – of Great Britain were detected at the Terehova 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-free regime). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by one citizen of Russia was not initiated, the other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 non-citizen of Latvia
at the Pāternieki Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia leaving the country 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 3 persons - two citizens of Estonia and one of Great Britain.
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 – two citizens of Kyrgyzstan, one – of Russia, one - of Belarus, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Moldova, one – of Ukraine and one – of Germany.