On Monday, January 20, 0 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 15 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 26 offenders at external borders and within the country. 16 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Pāternieki and the Grebņeva Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid travel document; as well as to three 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 7 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan, two – of Tajikistan, one – of China and one – of Serbia were detected 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 (were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by one citizen of Uzbekistan was not initiated, the other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 10 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 – two citizens of Belarus, two – of Kazakhstan, two - of Moldova, two – of Serbia, one – of Russia and one of The Netherlands.