Friday, September 4, 7 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10584 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 36 offenders at external borders and within the country. 23 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
5 foreigners with forged documents were detected
During immigration control at the Port of Liepaja three citizens of Afghanistan, who presented to border guards forged ID cards of Swedish citizens, while at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Uzbekistan, who presented to border guards a forged Romanian ID card, as well as one citizen of Belarus, who presented to border guards a forged passport of a citizen of Croatia, were detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for using forged documents.
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 6 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia and one – of Shree Lanka, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; while at the Grebņeve Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Germany and two – of Russia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan and one - of Tajikistan were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point 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 7 persons – four citizens of Lithuania, two – of Ukraine and one - of Russia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 6 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 Belarus, one - of Lithuania, one – of Algeria, one – of Mongolia, one – of Ukraine and one - of Germany.