Wednesday, September 2, 78 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10559 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 31 offenders at external borders and within the country. 15 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
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 and one – of Azerbaijan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of entry and stay; to one citizen of Turkey, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia, one – of Ukraine, one - of Germany and one – of Moldova due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 5 foreigners
three citizens of Ukraine, one – of Uzbekistan and one - of Russia were detected at the Terehova 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, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa-free regime). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by one citizen of Ukraine was not initiated. The other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 4 persons –two citizens of Russia, one - of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 12 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 Belarus, one – of Russia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Austria, one – of Moldova, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia and one – of Sweden.