On Tuesday, April 11, 29 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the Latvian - Belarusian border, while a total – 1510 persons have been stopped this year. Due to humanitarian reasons, one person was not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours; 113 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On April 11, officials of the State Border Guard detected 48 offenders at external borders and within the country.
24 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 11 foreigners
at the Pāternieki, the Silene, the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen Moldova, to one – of Russia and one - of Kazakhstan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to five citizens of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents; as well as to one citizen of Kirgizstan, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. One more citizen of Russia and one – of Moldova were banned from entry into the Republic of Latvia due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the country of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 8 foreigners
six citizens of Kazakhstan, one – of Ukraine and one – of Russia were detected at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in visa-free regime, 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 6 persons - four citizens of Lithuania, one – of Russia and one – of Ukraine.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 18 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 – six citizens of Belarus, three - of Kirgizstan, three – of Moldova, two – of Lithuania, one – of Latvia, one – of Estonia, one –of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.