Sunday, October 11, 14 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12083 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 19 offenders at external borders and within the country. 9 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 4 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, one – of Germany, one – of Estonia and one – of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 1 foreigner
one citizen of Uzbekistan was detected at the Grebņeva Border Control Point for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). The person was subjected to administrative liability.
exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 2 persons
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point one citizen of Latvia (female), departing for Turkey, who was not in possession of valid travel document, was detected; as well as one minor citizen of Latvia(female), who did not have the notarized consent of the other parent for the child's independent departure from the country, was detected. The persons were banned from leaving the country.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 10 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 – three citizens of Belarus, two – of Kazakhstan, one - of Latvia, one - of Tajikistan, one – of Uzbekistan, one – of Germany and one – of Sweden.