On Saturday, February 15, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 181 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 5 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 54 offenders at external borders and within the country. 20 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 17 foreigners
at the „Riga” Airport, the Grebņeva, the Terehova and the Pāternieki Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Moldova, to one – of Palestine and one – of India, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; to one citizen of Belarus and one – of Russia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as to ten citizens of Moldova and one – of Belarus due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 2 foreigners
one citizen of Russia and one – of Moldova were detected at the Terehova and the Pāternieki 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). 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 8 persons - two citizens Lithuania, two – of Ukraine, two - of Uzbekistan, one – of Estonia and one – of India.
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 – six citizens of Moldova, four - of Russia, three - of Belarus, two – of Latvia, two – of Serbia, two – of Finland, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Slovakia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.