Sunday, July 19, 2 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 8307 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 36 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
During the profiling of vehicles and passengers at the Port of Ventspils, a Latvian citizen arriving by ferry from Sweden, who presented to border guards a forged Ukrainian Driving Licence, was detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for the use of a forged document, and the forged document was seized.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 3 foreigners
at the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Belarus and one – of Georgia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 4 foreigners
two citizens of Russia, one - of Kazakhstan and one – of Israel were detected at the Terehova, the Pāternieki 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, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specify in the visa). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by one citizen of Russia and one – of Israel 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 5 persons - two citizens of Venezuela, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania and one – of Great Britain.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 14 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, two - of Kazakhstan, two – of Moldova, one – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Great Britain, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia and one – Germany.