Tuesday, May 19, 64 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 3514 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 37 offenders at external borders and within the country. 19 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
At the Terehova Border Control Point, one citizen of Belarus leaving the country with a good vehicle and trailer, who presented to border guards a forged Uzbekistan Technical Inspection Certificate for the good vehicle and trailer, was detected. The person was held administratively liable.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva 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 two citizens of Kyrgyzstan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; as well as to one citizen of Ukraine, one - of Germany, one – of Russia, one – of Belarus and one – of Moldova due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Uzbekistan and one - of Russia were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point 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). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by the citizen of Russia was not initiated. The citizen of Uzbekistan was subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 2 persons – one citizen of Latvia and one – of Columbia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 16 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, two - of Latvia, two - of Moldova, one – of Russia, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one – of Italy, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Romania.