Tuesday, October 13, 19 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12116 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 33 offenders at external borders and within the country. 15 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Kyrgyzstan and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; to one citizen of Uzbekistan, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; while at the Grebņeva Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 5 foreigners
three citizens of Russia, one - of Tajikistan and one – of Moldova 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 travel document, 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 persons was not initiated.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 18 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 Lithuania, three – of Moldova, three – of Latvia, two – of Belarus, two – of Tajikistan, one – of Russia, one –of Bulgaria, one –of Romania and one – of Serbia.