On Monday, March 6, 2023, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 49 offenders at external borders and within the country.
27 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 12 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Pāternieki, the Silene, the Vientuļi and the Grebņeva Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to five citizens of Moldova, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents. Four more citizens of Ukraine and two - 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 6 foreigners
six citizens of Uzbekistan were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in a visa, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by two citizens of Uzbekistan was not initiated, the other persons were subjected to administrative liability.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected for 7 persons - four citizens of Estonia, two – of Uzbekistan and one – of Tajikistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 18 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 – nine citizens of Belarus, two – of Kirgizstan, two – of Moldova, one – of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Finland, one – of Ukraine and one – of Germany.