On Friday, December 15, 9 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 13847 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 428 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On December 15, officials of the State Border Guard detected 57 offenders at external borders and within the country.
29 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus and one – of Azerbaijan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Moldova and one – of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents; to one citizen of Azerbaijan and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; as well as to one citizen of Georgia, 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 countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 7 foreigners
four citizens of Uzbekistan, two – of Kirgizstan and one – of Belarus were detected at the Pāternieki, 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 „Riga” Airport Border Control Point one citizen of Latvia departing for London without valid for travelling to Great Britain document, 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 4 persons – two citizens of Estonia and two – of Lithuania.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 24 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 – five citizens of Belarus, five – of Kirgizstan, three – of Latvia, three – of Russia, two – of Kazakhstan, one – of Estonia, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Georgia, one – of Moldova, one – of Serbia and one – of Uzbekistan.