On Wednesday, April 24, 28 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 1397 persons have been stopped this year.
Due to humanitarian reasons, no one person was not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours; a total 8 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 52 offenders at external borders and within the country.
20 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, one – of Georgia and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. While at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Moldova due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 9 foreigners
one citizen of Belarus, one – of Moldova, one – of Tajikistan, one – of South Africa, two – of Russia and three – of Uzbekistan were detected at the Terehova, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (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). 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 10 persons – three citizens of Iran, one – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one - of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Iraq, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 22 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 – 11 citizens of Belarus, two – of Russia, two – of Kazakhstan, two – of Moldova,
two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Georgia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Sweden.