On Tuesday, February 10, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 2 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 22 offenders at external borders and within the country. 8 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 citizen of Latvia wanted by the Police was detected
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, a Latvian citizen entered the country from Netherlands, who is wanted by the Police, was detected. The person was detained and handed over to State Police officers.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 4 foreigners
at the Terehova and the Pāternieki Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Belarus, one – of Russia and one – of Netherlands due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Belarus and one – of Sri Lanka were detected at 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). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by the citizen of Sri Lanka was not initiated.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 3 persons – one citizen of Jordan, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Sudan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 11 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 Belarus, three – of Latvia, two – of Estonia, one - of Lithuania, one – of Kyrgyzstan and one – of Serbia.