On Wednesday, June 21, 30 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 4097 persons have been stopped this year. 201 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On June 21, officials of the State Border Guard detected 48 offenders at external borders and within the country.
15 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 6 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Terehova and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia and one - of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; as well as to one citizen of Russia and one – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. One more citizen of Russia and one - 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 5 foreigners
three citizens of Uzbekistan, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Azerbaijan were detected at the Pāternieki 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 the visa, 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 6 persons – two citizens of Russia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Belarus, one – of Estonia and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 27 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 – 8 citizens of Belarus, six – of Latvia, five – of Kirgizstan, four – of Russia, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Bulgaria and one – of Kazakhstan.