On Friday, May 26, 52 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 3508 persons have been stopped this year. 185 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On May 26, officials of the State Border Guard detected 50 offenders at external borders and within the country.
28 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 9 foreigners
at the Silene, the Vientuļi, the Grebņeva and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Russia, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to one citizen of Ukraine and one – of Moldova, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay and to one citizen of Moldova, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. Four more citizens 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 9 foreigners
four citizens of Uzbekistan, three – of Kazakhstan and two – of Belarus were detected at the Terehova, the Pāternieki, the Silene 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, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). 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 1 citizen of Uzbekistan.
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 – eight citizens of Belarus, three - of Latvia, two – of Russia, two – of Moldova, one – of Estonia, one - of Lithuania and one – of Germany.