Thursday, June 18, 105 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5981 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 39 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 1 foreigner
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Kyrgyzstan, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay. The person was returned to the country of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 4 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan and one – of Russia were detected at the Terehova, the Grebņeva 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). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 citizen of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point one citizen of Latvia, departing for Cyprus, who was not in possession of valid travel document, was detected. The person was banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 10 persons – four citizens of Egypt, two – of Somalia, one – of Bangladesh, one – of Poland, one – of Sudan and one – of Tunis.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 12 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 Belarus, two – of Moldova, one – of Lithuania, one – of Armenia, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Belgium, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Kyrgyzstan, one – of Romania and one – of Serbia.