On Monday, April 3, 5 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 1317persons have been stopped during this year. Due to humanitarian reasons, 2 persons were not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours; 72 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On April 3, officials of the State Border Guard detected 42 offenders at external borders and within the country.
22 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
at the Pāternieki Border Control Point 1 citizen of Moldova, who presented to border guards forged Moldova driving license, was detected. Criminal proceedings were initiated for using forged documents. The forged document was seized within the framework of the criminal process.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
at the Pāternieki, the Grebņeva and the Terehova Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to five citizens of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents. Two more citizens of Ukraine 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 5 foreigners
four citizens of Uzbekistan and one – of Ukraine 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 (exceeded the duration of stay specified in a 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 3 persons - two citizens of Estonia and one – of Lithuania.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 17 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 – five citizens of Belarus, three – of Estonia, two – of Lithuania, two – of Moldova, one – of Latvia, one - of Russia, one – of Israel, one – of Kirgizstan and one – of Poland.