On Friday, December 23, 2022, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 45 offenders at external borders and within the country.
25 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 wanted person was detained
in the Ventspils Department, while checking the passenger lists, one citizen of Latvia entering Latvia from Sweden, who is wanted by the Police, was detected. The person was detained and handed over to the officials of the State Police.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Silene and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia and one – of Kirgizstan, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit. Three more citizens of Russia were banned from entry into the Republic of Latvia due to security reasons. Persons were returned to the country of departure.
- conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area were violated by 5 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan, one - of Belarus 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 a visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Record-keeping regarding an administrative violation of the British citizen was not initiated. Other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 2 citizens of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, two citizens of Latvia, departing for London without valid for travelling to Great Britain documents, were detected. The persons were banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 3 foreigners – one citizen of Russia, one – of Lithuania and one citizen of Moldova.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 17 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, four – of Russia, two – of Kazakhstan, two – of Latvia, two – of Serbia, one – of Lithuania and one – of Tajikistan.