Saturday, October 10, 58 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12069 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 19 offenders at external borders and within the country. 12 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, who presented to border guards a forged Polish 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 5 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Kazakhstan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia and one – of Germany due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Kazakhstan and one - of Uzbekistan 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, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). 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 two persons - one citizen of Estonia and one – of Ukraine.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 5 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 Latvia, one - of Estonia, one – of Moldova and one – of Tajikistan.