During the last 24 hours, border guards checked 17,068 persons entering Latvia (11,295 on highways and 5,773 at Riga International Airport and the Port of Riga). Among the checked persons, 1,224 are third-country nationals. A total of 6,401 cars have also been checked.

On the internal borders, violations related to travel documents were detected with regard to 59 persons: 34 from Lithuania, 7 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia, 1 from Austria, 2 from Russia, 2 from Sweden, 1 from Italy, 1 from Germany, 1 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 from Morocco, 2 from Moldova, 1 from Romania and 1 from Columbia. Border guards have refused entrance to 52 persons.

At Riga International Airport, a Latvian citizen bound for Oslo was detained. This person has been sought by the police since 13 August 2008.

Traffic backups are not forming on the highways crossing the internal borders.

As we have already reported, from 9:00 on 24 May to 18:00 on 1 June, temporary border control has been reinstated on internal borders. Border guards are performing minimal security checks of all people arriving in Latvia. Officers of the immigration units of the State Border Guard are conducting intensified checks of the areas adjacent to Latvia’s borders with Estonia and Lithuania; intensified border monitoring is also continuing on Latvia’s borders with Belarus and Russia.

Information prepared by Ms. Jevgēnija Korne,
Chief Inspector of the Coordination and Public Relations Department of the Administrative Board of the Central Board of the State Border Guard,
phone: +371 6707 5617, +371 2632 8069, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it