On Tuesday, December 10, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5388 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 26 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 43 offenders at external borders and within the country. 21 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 foreigner with forged documents was detected
At the Terehova Border Control Point, one citizen of Uzbekistan entering Latvia with a heavy goods vehicle, who presented to border guards a forged Uzbekistan roadworthiness test certificate, was detected. The person was held administratively liable. The forged document was seized within the framework of the administrative procedure.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 11 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the Pāternieki Border Control Points and the Port of Liepāja entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to two citizens of Moldova as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; as well as entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to five citizens of Moldova, one – of Ukraine, one – of Belarus and one - of Russia (a seafarer) due to security reasons. Regarding the citizen of Russia - seafarer, a letter of guarantee was taken from the ship's captain that the foreigner will not go ashore while the ship is in port, the other persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 5 foreigners
three citizens of Tajikistan, one – of Azerbaijan and one – of Belarus 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 (were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). 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 9 persons – four citizens of Estonia, three – of Lithuania, one – of Latvia and one – of Algeria.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 13 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 – four citizens of Belarus, three – of Kazakhstan, two – of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.