On Sunday, January 25, 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 40 offenders at external borders and within the country. 17 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 citizen of Latvia with forged documents was detected
At the Grebņeva Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia entering the country, who presented to border guards a forged Kyrgyzstan Vehicle Technical Inspection Certificate was detected. The person was held administratively liable. The forged document was seized.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 foreigner
at the Pāternieki Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Kazakhstan, as the foreigner has already stayed for 90 days in the preceding 180 days in the territory of the Schengen Member States. The person was returned to the country of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
two citizens of Turkey and one – of Azerbaijan were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, 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). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by one citizen of Turkey 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 4 persons – three citizen of Ukraine and one – of Egypt.
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 – four citizens of Belarus, four – of Uzbekistan, four – of Moldova, three – of Kazakhstan, two – of Romania, one – of Georgia and one – of Macedonia.