On Tuesday, February 4, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 139 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 3 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. 15 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 wanted person – a citizen of Latvia was detained
During immigration control, a Latvian citizen, who is wanted by the police, was detected on the A2 road in Alūksne Municipality. The person was detained and handed over to officials of the State Police.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 10 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Grebņeva, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to four citizens of Moldova and one – of Turkey, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; to two citizens of Belarus, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia and one - of Belarus due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 6 persons - two citizens of Russia, one - of Estonia, one – of Pakistan, one – of Tajikistan and one - of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 22 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 – seven citizens of Moldova, three – of Belarus, three – of Latvia, two – of Serbia, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Russia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Romania.