Thursday, October 8, 29 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 11989 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 28 offenders at external borders and within the country. 14 trespassers were detected at external borders. Among them entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 8 foreigners. At the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Tajikistan, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; while at the Grebņeva, Terehova and the Pāternieki Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as to three citizens of Russia, two – of Belarus and one – of Germany due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 10 persons – five citizens of China, two – of Latvia, one - of Lithuania, one – of Afghanistan and one - of Ukraine.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 4 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 – one citizen of Canada, one – of Serbia, one – of Span and one – of Ukraine.