On Thursday, August 17, 56 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5952 persons have been stopped this year.
In total 292 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On August 17, officials of the State Border Guard detected 64 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 9 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Pāternieki, the Vientuļi and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Ukraine, one - of Russia and one – of Georgia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Moldova and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. Three 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 2 foreigners
one citizen of Tajikistan and one – of Great Britain were detected at the Silene 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 or visa-free regime, 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 5 persons – three citizens of Lithuania, one – of Russia and one - of Germany.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 26 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 – nine citizens of Belarus, four – of Latvia, three – of Ukraine, two – of Russia, two – of Lithuania, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Georgia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Poland and one – of Germany.