Thursday, October 15, 36 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12156 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 37 offenders at external borders and within the country. 14 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
1 wanted citizen of Latvia was detained
during a check of passenger lists at the Port of Ventspils, a Latvian citizen entered from Sweden, who is wanted by the Police, was detected. The person was detained and handed over to officials of the State Police.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 4 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Grebņeva and the Terehova Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Belarus and one – of Ukraine due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
one citizen of Uzbekistan, one – of Russia and one – of Great Britain were detected at the Pāternieki 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-free regime, were not in possession of valid travel document). 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 9 persons – four citizens of Lithuania, one – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Estonia, one – of Algeria and one - of Syria.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 14 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 Estonia, two – of Latvia, two - of Moldova, one – of Belarus, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Kyrgyzstan, one – of Serbia, one – of Turkmenistan and one – of Ukraine.