On Saturday, October 29, 2022, officials of the State Border Guard of the Republic of Latvia detected 36 offenders on both external borders and within the country.
18 trespassers were detected on external borders, including:
- two foreigners with forged documents were detected
one citizen of Ukraine who presented a forged driver’s license of Ukraine to the border guards at the “Terehova” border control point as well as one citizen of Serbia who presented a forged driver’s license of Serbia to the border guards at the “Grebņeva” border control point, were detected. Criminal proceedings have been initiated for the use of forged documents. Forged documents were confiscated as part of the criminal proceedings.
- entry to the Republic of Latvia was refused to seven foreigners
at “Terehova”, “Pāternieki” and the Airport “Riga” border control points, entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Russia, as foreigner was not in possession of a valid visa or residence permit; four citizens of Moldova, as foreigners could not justify the purpose and circumstances of their travel and stay. For security reasons, two citizens of Russia were denied entry into the Republic of Latvia. People were returned to their country of exit.
- conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen area were violated by eight foreigners
four citizens of Moldova, one citizen of Tajikistan, one citizen of Mongolia, one citizen of Brazil, and one citizen of Great Britain were detected at the “Grebņeva”, “Terehova” and the Airport “Riga” border control points for violating the conditions of residence in the territory of the Schengen area (exceeded duration of stay specifies if a visa - free regime, no valid visas, or residence permits). The proceedings in the case of administrative violations of two citizens of Moldova, a citizen of Great Britain, and a citizen of Brazil were not initiated; other people are subjected to administrative liability.
- exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to one citizen of Latvia
at the Airport “Riga” border control point, one minor citizen who did not have the other parent’s notarized consent to leave the country independently was detected. The person was prohibited from leaving the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or residence conditions were detected by four people - two citizens of Lithuania, and two citizens of Estonia.
Within the framework of vehicle and vessel operations, 14 people 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 - six citizens of Belarus, four citizens of Latvia, two citizens of Lithuania, one citizen of Russia, and one citizen of Ukraine.