On Tuesday, May 23, 41 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 3351 persons have been stopped this year. 178 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On May 23, officials of the State Border Guard detected 35 offenders at external borders and within the country.
20 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the Grebņeva, the Vientuļi, the Terehova and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to five citizens of Russia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit. Three more citizens of Ukraine and one – 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 3 foreigners
one citizen of Ukraine, on – of Moldova and one – of Great Britain were detected at the Terehova, 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-free regime). 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 London without valid for travelling to Great Britain document, 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 3 persons - two citizens of Lithuania and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 12 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 Latvia, one – of Russia, one – of Estonia, one - of Lithuania, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.