On Saturday, August 12, 61 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5650 persons have been stopped this year.
Due to humanitarian reasons, three persons were not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours; 289 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On August 12, officials of the State Border Guard detected 53 offenders at external borders and within the country.
32 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 11 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Silene, the Vientuļi and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Russia and one – of Azerbaijan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit. Four more citizens of Russia, two - of Ukraine and one – of Belarus 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 4 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Kirgizstan and one – of Kazakhstan were detected at the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki 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, 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 – eight citizens of Belarus, two – of Russia, two – of Uzbekistan, two – of Germany, one – of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Kirgizstan and one
– of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.