On Tuesday, March 19, 37 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 561 persons have been stopped this year.
Due to humanitarian reasons, 0 persons were not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours; a total 5 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 40 offenders at external borders and within the country.
8 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 3 foreigners
at the Grebņeva and the Terehova Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Ukraine and one – of Moldova due to security reasons; as well as to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa and residence permit. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
two citizens of Russia and one – of Uzbekistan were detected at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (were not in possession of valid visas or residence permits, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa). 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 11 persons – five citizens of Russia, Latvia, three – of Uzbekistan, one – of Belarus, one – of Estonia and one – of Pakistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 21 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 – seven citizens of Belarus, four – of Latvia, three - of Moldova, one – of Estonia, one – of Lithuania, one – of USA, one – of Bulgaria, one – of Romania, one – of Serbia and one – of Tajikistan.