Tuesday, September 8, 23 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 10669 persons have been stopped this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 20 offenders at external borders and within the country. 8 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 2 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point 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. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
conditions of residence were violated by 4 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Russia and one - of Kenia were detected at the Terehova, the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points and the Port of Riga for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). 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 4 persons – one citizen of Russia, one – of Estonia, one – of Ethiopia and one - of Grenada.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 8 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 Latvia, two – of Belarus, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Kazakhstan, one - of Ukraine and one – of Germany.