On Sunday, March 12, 2023, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 49 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 17 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Pāternieki, the Silene, the Vientuļi, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Moldova, one – of Armenia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to three citizens of Moldova, one – of Armenia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Israel, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; to one citizen of Georgia, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. Four more citizens of Ukraine, three - of Russia and one – of Moldova 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 Ukraine, one – of Tajikistan and one – of Uzbekistan were detected at 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). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation of the one citizen of Russia and one – of Ukraine was not initiated, the other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 3 citizens of Latvia
at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point two citizens of Latvia departing for London without valid for travelling to Great Britain documents and one minor citizen – for Sharm El-Sheikh, who did not have parents' notarized authority for the child's departure from the country, were detected. The persons were banned from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 4 persons - three citizens of Estonia and one – of Lithuania.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 14 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, three – of Russia, two – of Latvia, one – of Moldova, one – of Tajikistan, one – of Ukraine, one – of Germany and one – of Uzbekistan.