On Monday, February 20, 2023, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 55 offenders at external borders and within the country.
34 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 12 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Silene, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to three citizens of Uzbekistan and one – of Moldova, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; as well as to three citizens of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents. Three more citizens of Ukraine 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 6 foreigners
two citizens of Ukraine, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Belarus and one – of Mauritius were detected at the Terehova, 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 or visa-free regime, 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 4 persons - two citizens of Latvia, one – of Belarus and one – of Uzbekistan.
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 – four citizens of Belarus, three – of Latvia, two – of Lithuania, two – of Moldova, two – of Germany, one – of Estonia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Tajikistan and one – of Ukraine.