On Monday, February 6, 2023, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 40 offenders at external borders and within the country.
24 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 8 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Vientuļi, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to three citizens of Moldova and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; to one citizen of Belarus, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. One more citizen of Ukraine and one – of Russia was 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 10 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan, three – of Ukraine, one – of Armenia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Tajikistan and one – of Kirgizstan were detected at the at the Grebņeva, 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 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 Estonia, one – of Azerbaijan and one - of Ukraine.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 12 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, two – of Estonia, one – of Moldova, one - of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia and one – of German.