On Thursday, January 22, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 0 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 44 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 5 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Russia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Lithuania due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 1 foreigner
one citizens of Azerbaijan was detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The person was subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 8 persons – four citizens of Russia, two – of Estonia, one – of Great Britain and one – of Somalia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 19 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 – seven citizens of Belarus, five – of Moldova, two – of Russia, one – of Latvia, one – of Estonia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Kyrgyzstan and one – of Sweden.