On Thursday, the 5th of October, the State Border Guard’s officials prevented 85 persons from the illegal crossing of the Latvian – Belarusian state border, in total 10640 persons have been prevented from the illegal border crossing during this year.
In total 337 persons have been admitted for humanitarian reasons this year.
39 offenders were detected at the external borders and within the country
21 border checks violators were detected at external borders including:
- entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to 7 foreigners
At the Grebņeva and the ‘‘Riga’’ Airport Border Crossing Points entry into the Republic of Latvia was refused to two citizens of Uzbekistan, two –of Georgia and one –of Moldova, because the foreigners were not able to justify the purpose of their entry and stay in the country. One citizen of Ukraine and one –of Russia were refused from the entry into the Republic of Latvia due to the security reasons. The persons were returned to the country of departure.
- conditions of stay were violated by 3 foreigners
At the Grebņeva and the ‘‘Riga’’ Airport Border Crossing Points two citizens of Georgia and one –of Moldova, were detected for violating the conditions of stay in the territory of the Schengen Area Countries (exceeded the duration of stay specified in the visa or visa-free regime, were not in possession of valid visa or residence permit). Persons were subjected to the administrative liability.
- Exit from the Republic of Latvia was refused to 4 citizens of Latvia
At the ‘‘Riga’’ Airport Border Crossing Point 3 citizens of Latvia, leaving the country to Edinburg and one to London were detected with not having valid travel documents to the United Kingdom. Persons were refused to exit from the country.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or stay conditions were detected for 5 people – one citizen of Russia, one –of Armenia, one –of Georgia, one –of India and one –of Uzbekistan.
While carrying out immigration control measures within the country, violations of entry or stay conditions were detected for 13 people – 5 citizens of Belarus, 2 –of Latvia, 2 –of Uzbekistan, 1 –of Kyrgyzstan, 1 –of Moldova, 1 –of Romania and 1 –of Germany.