On Wednesday, August 16, 57 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5896 persons have been stopped this year.
In total 292 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On August 16, officials of the State Border Guard detected 61 offenders at external borders and within the country.
26 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 and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Ukraine, two - of Russia and one - Belarus, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to two citizens of Moldova and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. One more citizen of Ukraine and one – of Israel 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 3 foreigners
one citizen of Ukraine, one – of Cameroon and one – of Azerbaijan were detected at the Grebņeva, 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 the visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 citizen of Latvia
at the Silene Border Control Point one citizen of Latvia, leaving the country, who was not in possession of valid travel document (the document is registered as stolen or lost) was detected. The person was banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 8 persons – four citizens of Kirgizstan, three – of Estonia and one - of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 27 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 – 12 citizens of Belarus, three – of Latvia, two - of Russia, two – of Kirgizstan, two – of Moldova, one – of Israel, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Romania, one – of Ukraine, one – of China and one – of Uzbekistan.