Latvijas Republikas VALSTS ROBEŽSARDZE. State Border Guard REPUBLIC OF LATVIA

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1 State Border Guard REPUBLIC OF LATVIA

2 Control of persons and vehicles at the External Borders persons vehicles ships airplanes cargo trains passengers trains

3 Apprehended nationals of third countries In with forged travel documents, - illegal imigrants

4 Apprehended persons for illegal crossing of the «green» border Detained for illegal "green" border crossing Incl. Illegal immigrants In total 144 persons were apprehended: from them 139 irregular migrants (96%), including such nationals: - 98 Vietnam, 12 Afghanistan, 11 Georgia, 11 Iraq, 4 Russia, 3 Belarus.

5 Asylum requests

6 Asylum requests Asylum requests in Latvia In 2014, 373 persons applied for asylum: Georgia 171, Ukraine-75, Syria 31, Iraq- 21, Afghanistan 13, Armenia-12, Vietnam -11, Russia-10, Algeria -5, Sri Lanka 4, Palestine -3, Cuba-3, Congo 2, Kazakhstan -2, Somalia -1, Nigeria -1, Lybia-1, Uzbekistan-1, Cameroon -1, Bangladesh- 1, Benin-1,Belarus -2, Azerbaijan -1. In 2013, 185 persons applied for asylum : Georgia 141, Syria 13, Egypt- 5, Russia-5, Uzbekistan-3, Turkey-2, Algeria-2, Belarus-2, Iraq- 2, Мarocco - 1, Аfghanistan-1, Eritrea- 1, Croatia-1, Nigeria -1, Iran -1, Кazakhstan-1, Sri lanka-1, Palestine-1 and Somalia -1.

7 Abuse of the asylum procedure by Georgian nationals Riga BCP Silene Brest Minsk 1 Kiev Georgian nationals - asylum seekers In 2014 on the Latvian-Belorussian border detained 11 citizens of Georgia for the illegal crossing of the green border (in nationals of Georgia had been apprehended) Istambul Georgia

8 Routes of movement of Syrian nationals with forged documents in 2014) Norway Sweden St. Petersburg Moscow (Vnukovo) Greece Тurkey Destination countries Sweden, Norway Syria

9 Illegal crossing of the «green» border by nationals of Vietnam ( totally detained 98) Valka Vilaka Apprehension places of nationals of Vietnam in 2014 Destination country - Poland 3 Daugavpils About 100 Vietnam citizens detained in Lithuania and Poland who illally crossed LVA-RUS or EST-RUS border

10 In total 17 facilitators were apprehended : 7 citizens of Latvia, 3 Russia, 3 Kyrgyzstan, 2 Estonia and 2 Poland. (8 crimanal cases)

11 List of major countries whose nationals were refused entry 2014 (in total 1942, ) Georgia-919 ( ) Russia -370 ( ) Belarus ( ) Ukraine- 47 ( ) Uzbekistan - 20 ( ) Armenia-45 India-19 Syria-18 other -202 ( )

12 Cancellation of visas Most frequently were canceled visas of Latvia (61), and Lithuania (46). Most often were canceled visas of citizens of Russia (41), Belarus (30), Georgia (7), Ukraine (7). The main reason - obtaining visas (Latvian and Lithuanian) providing the false information about the purpose of stay

13 Results of the immigration control in the country number of foreigners who violated the rules of stay In 2014 most frequently the rules of stay were violated by citizens of Russia ( ), Ukraine- 99 ( ), Belarus- 39 ( ), Uzbekistan 34 ( ), stateless persons 26 ( ). Main violations: Stay without a visa or a residence permit: 216 ( ) Without valid identity documents: 742 ( ) Without registration in the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs: 106 ( ) Without a work permit: 50 ( )

14 Violators of the visa regime detected at the exit Nationality of persons - violators of the visa regime detected at the exit: - Russia 479 ( ) - Ukraine 179 ( ) - Belarus 122 ( ) - Kyrgyzstan 68 ( ) - Uzbekistan 52 ( )

15 Forced expulsion, issued orders to leave the country forced expulsion issued orders to leave the country

16 Number of foreigners returned from other countries and number of foreigners returned to other countries in accordance with the Dublin II Regulation

17 Unaccompanied children are very vulnerable, deprived of care and protection by their family. They can became victims of sexual, economic or/and criminal exploitation. Diferent legislative climat at destination contries Diferent Economic, social and political integration posibilities Diferent consequencies and migration flows Prevention, reception and identification of long-term solutions

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