Wednesday, March 25, 22 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 163 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 33 offenders at external borders and within the country. 10 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki, the Terehova and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Tajikistan, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid travel document; as well as entry into the country was refused to three citizens of Germany, one – of Belarus and one – of Kazakhstan due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
one citizen of Ukraine and two - of Uzbekistan were detected at 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; exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by the citizen of Ukraine 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 3 persons – two citizens of Uzbekistan and one – of Russia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 20 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 – four citizens of Moldova, three – of Belarus, two – of Estonia, two – of Lithuania, one - of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one – of Georgia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Romania, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.
Informāciju sagatavoja: Inga Bēķe,
Valsts robežsardzes Galvenās pārvaldes Stratēģiskās attīstības un sabiedrisko attiecību nodaļas galvenā inspektore, mob. 26443647, e-pasts inga.beke@rs.gov.lv