On Wednesday, November 13, 6 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 5271 persons have been stopped this year.
A total 21 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
Officials of the State Border Guard detected 42 offenders at external borders and within the country.
22 trespassers were detected at external borders, including:
- 1 wanted person – a citizen of Latvia was detained
when profiling passengers, at the "Riga" Airport Border Control Point, one Latvian citizen entered from Amsterdam, who is wanted by the police, was detected. The person was detained and handed over to officials of the State Police.
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 5 foreigners
at the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner could not justify the purpose and conditions of his entry and stay; as well as entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Moldova, one – of Kazakhstan and one – of Ukraine due to security reasons. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 11 foreigners
seven citizens of Uzbekistan, two – of Moldova, one – of Ukraine and one – of Tajikistan were detected at the Terehova and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points, for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa, exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa-free regime). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation committed by one citizen of Ukraine and one – 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 3 persons - two citizens of Estonia and one - of Austria.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 17 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, two - of Lithuania, two – of Moldova, two – of Romania, two – of Uzbekistan, one – of Estonia, one – of Kazakhstan, one – of Kirgizstan, one – of Poland and one – of Ukraine.