On Wednesday, November 1, 57 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12949 persons have been stopped during this year.
A total 389 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On November 1, officials of the State Border Guard detected 53 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 7 foreigners
at the Terehova 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 two citizens of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel documents. Two 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 countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 15 foreigners
nine citizens of Uzbekistan, three – of Turkey, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Tajikistan and one – of Belarus 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, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by one citizen of Turkey 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 5 persons – one citizens of Lithuania, one – of Estonia, one – of India, one – of Kirgizstan and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 19 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 – five citizens of Belarus, four – of Uzbekistan, three – of Moldova, one – of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one – of Azerbaijan, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Serbia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Hungary.