Saturday, October 3, 20 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 11771 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 44 offenders at external borders and within the country. 22 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; as well as 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 5 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Tajikistan, one – of Moldova and one – of Georgia were detected at the Grebņeva 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). 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 12 persons – ten citizens of Lithuania and two - of Estonia.
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 – two citizens of Belarus, two - of Lithuania, one - of Latvia, one – of Kyrgyzstan, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia, one – of Uzbekistan and one – of Sweden.