On Sunday, June 4, 30 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 3709 persons have been stopped this year. 185 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On June 4, officials of the State Border Guard detected 55 offenders at external borders and within the country.
29 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 14 foreigners
at the Vientuļi, the Grebņeva, the Terehova, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Belarus and one – of Nigeria, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to two citizens of Moldova and one – of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; to six citizens of Moldova and two – of Armenia, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. One more citizen of Russia 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
two citizens of Russia, one – of Moldova, one – of Azerbaijan and one – of Kazakhstan were detected at the Vientuļi 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 or visa-free regime, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). The persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 1 citizen of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point, one citizen of Latvia, departing for Edinburgh, who was not in possession of valid travel document (the document is registered as stolen or lost), was detected. The person was banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 7 persons - four citizens of Estonia and three – of Latvia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 19 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 – five citizens of Belarus, three – of Latvia, two – of Russia, two – of Moldova, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Italy, one – of Israel, one – of Germany and one – of Canada.