On Wednesday, January 7, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 0 persons have been stopped this year. A total 0 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 33 offenders at external borders and within the country. 24 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
At the Port of Ventspils, while conducting profiling of passengers entering by ferry, one citizen of Ukraine, who presented to border guards a forged
Ukrainian Driving Licence, was detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for the use of forged documents. Within the criminal proceedings the forged document was seized.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 16 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Pāternieki, the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points and Port of Riga entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Tajikistan, one – of Uzbekistan and one – of Ukraine, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; as well as to four citizens of Belarus, two – of Moldova, two – of Russia, one – of Poland and one – of Uzbekistan due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 5 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Russia and one – of Belarus 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 travel document, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 3 persons – two citizens China and one - of Russia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 6 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 Kazakhstan, one - of Belarus, one - of Moldova, one – of Uzbekistan and one – of China.