On Friday, January 30, 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 46 offenders at external borders and within the country. 24 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 10 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Georgia and one – of Belarus, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to three citizens of Russia, two – of Belarus, one – of Moldova and one – of Lithuania due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 10 foreigners
five citizens of Uzbekistan, two – of Nigeria, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Iran and one – of Tajikistan were detected at the Grebņeva, 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; exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by one citizen of Iran 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 13 persons – three citizens of Vietnam, three – of Estonia, two – of Morocco, one – of Latvia, one – of Nepal, one – of Tajikistan, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 9 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 Latvia, two - Lithuania, one – of Armenia, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Georgia, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Moldova.