On Friday, October 27, 54 persons were stopped from illegally crossing the border between Latvia and Belarus, while a total – 12568 persons have been stopped during this year.
Due to humanitarian reasons, one person was not banned from crossing the state border during the past 24 hours.
A total 389 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
On October 27, officials of the State Border Guard detected 43 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 9 foreigners
at the Terehova and the Grebņeva Border Control Points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to three citizens of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit; to two citizens of Ukraine, as the foreigners were not in possession of valid travel document; as well as to three citizens of Ukraine and one – of Moldova, as the foreigners could not justify the purpose and conditions of their entry and stay. The persons were returned to the countries of departure.
- conditions of residence were violated by 3 foreigners
one citizen of Uzbekistan, one – of Great Britain and one – of Tajikistan were detected at the „Riga” Airport Border Control Point 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, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Record-keeping regarding the administrative violation, committed by one citizen of Great Britain 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 6 persons – 3 citizens of Lithuania, one - of Estonia, one – of Ukraine and one – of Uzbekistan.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 10 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 – three citizens of Belarus, three – of Uzbekistan, one – of Latvia, one – of Lithuania, one - of Moldova and one – of Tajikistan.