Sunday, October 25, 32 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12439 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 26 offenders at external borders and within the country. 11 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Pāternieki Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner has already stayed for 90 days in the territory of the Schengen area countries in the preceding 180 days; while at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid travel document; as well as to two citizens of Belarus and one – of Lithuania due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 1 foreigner
one citizen of Kyrgyzstan was detected at the Pāternieki 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.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 1 citizen of Ukraine.
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 Latvia, three – of Romania, two - of Belarus, two – of Lithuania, two – of Moldova, one – of Estonia and one – of Germany.