Friday, October 30, 28 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12635 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 33 offenders at external borders and within the country. 18 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebneva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; as well as to four citizens of Russia, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Moldova, one – of Belarus and one – of Germany 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 „Riga” Airport Border Control Point for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (was not in possession of valid travel document). 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 5 persons – two citizens of Guinea, one – of Belarus, one – of Georgia and one – of Uzbekistan.
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 Latvia, two – of Serbia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Moldova, one – of Turkey, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.