On Monday, November 20, 29 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 13624 persons have been stopped during this year.
A total 416 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On November 20, officials of the State Border Guard detected 51 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 10 foreigners
at the Terehova, the Pāternieki and the „Riga” Airport Border Control Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Sri Lanka, as the foreigner was not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to three citizens of Ukraine and two – of Uzbekistan, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay; as well as to one citizen of Ukraine, as the foreigner was banned from entry into the territory of the Schengen States. Two 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 countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
two citizens of Uzbekistan and one – of Kazakhstan were detected at 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). 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 5 persons – three citizens of Uzbekistan and two – of Estonia.
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 – 5 citizens of Belarus, four – of Latvia, three – of Moldova, two – of Russia, two – of Lithuania, two – of Kazakhstan and one - of Estonia.