On Friday, August 18, 32 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5985 persons have been stopped this year.
In total 292 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On August 18, officials of the State Border Guard detected 47 offenders at external borders and within the country.
24 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
at the Grebņeva Border Control Point 1 citizen of Ukraine, who presented to border guards forged Ukrainian vehicle 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 Terehova, the Pāternieki and the Vientuļi Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Ukraine, one - of Russia and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. One more citizen of Ukraine and one – of Russia 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 citizen of Uzbekistan and one – of Kazakhstan were detected at 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 the 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 Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 20 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 Moldova, two – of Germany, one – of Latvia, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Israel, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Turkey, one – of Uzbekistan,