Monday, June 8, 26 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 49582 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 37 offenders at external borders and within the country. 18 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 11 foreigners
at the Terehova and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Tajikistan and one - of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to four citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Moldova and one – of Kazakhstan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; to one citizen of USA, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid travel document; as well as entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus and one – of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Russia and one – of Belarus were detected at the Terehova and the Paternieki 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; were not in possession of valid travel document). 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 4 persons – three citizens of Latvia and one - of Ukraine.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 15 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 – five citizens of Belarus, four – of Kazakhstan, two – of Latvia, two – of Russia, one – of Moldova and one – of Tajikistan.