On Sunday, April 30, 45 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 2056 persons have been stopped this year. 172 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On April 30, officials of the State Border Guard detected 46 offenders at external borders and within the country.
30 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 22 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to two citizens of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents, to 13 citizens of Moldova, two – of Serbia and one – of Azerbaijan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. Two more citizens of Russia and one – 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 2 foreigners
one citizen of Ukraine and one – of Georgia were detected at the Grebņeva 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 4 persons – one citizen of Uzbekistan, one – of Pakistan, one – of Tajikistan 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 – seven citizens of Belarus, three - of Moldova, two – of Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Kirgizstan, one – of Serbia and one – of Uzbekistan.