State Border Guard REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
Control of persons and vehicles at the External Borders 4 511 600 1 650 695 4 418 561 1 614 090 4 472 083 1 658 399 4 311 521 1 527 135 persons vehicles 2011 2012 2013 2014 9112 18450 29997 1744 13 446 17 834 30 616 2010 9 112 18 450 29 997 1744 11 677 18 525 28 876 2 182 2011 2012 2013 2014 ships airplanes cargo trains passengers trains
Apprehended nationals of third countries In 2014-30 with forged travel documents, - illegal imigrants - 139.
Apprehended persons for illegal crossing of the «green» border 144 139 65 39 106 79 66 50 2011 2012 2013 2014 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.
Asylum requests
Asylum requests 373 193 185 Asylum requests in Latvia 2012 2013 2014 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.
Abuse of the asylum procedure by Georgian nationals Riga BCP Silene 177 111 141 171 Brest Minsk 1 Kiev Georgian nationals - asylum seekers 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 In 2014 on the Latvian-Belorussian border detained 11 citizens of Georgia for the illegal crossing of the green border (in 2013-30 nationals of Georgia had been apprehended) Istambul Georgia
Routes of movement of Syrian nationals with forged documents in 2014) Norway Sweden St. Petersburg Moscow (Vnukovo) Greece Тurkey Destination countries Sweden, Norway Syria
Illegal crossing of the «green» border by nationals of Vietnam ( totally detained 98) Valka 3 8 3 Vilaka 4 4 6 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 8 5 14 14 14 8 4 6 9 11
In total 17 facilitators were apprehended : 7 citizens of Latvia, 3 Russia, 3 Kyrgyzstan, 2 Estonia and 2 Poland. (8 crimanal cases)
List of major countries whose nationals were refused entry 2014 (in total 1942, 2013-1946) Georgia-919 (2013-294) Russia -370 (2013-692) 203 47 24 45 19 18 298 370 919 Belarus - 298 (2013-230) Ukraine- 47 (2013-57) Uzbekistan - 20 (2013-59) Armenia-45 India-19 Syria-18 other -202 (2013-415)
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
Results of the immigration control in the country 1256 1204 802 859 number of foreigners who violated the rules of stay 2011 2012 2013 2014 In 2014 most frequently the rules of stay were violated by citizens of Russia - 463 (2013-595), Ukraine- 99 (2013-143), Belarus- 39 (2013-70), Uzbekistan 34 (2013 28), stateless persons 26 (2013 23). Main violations: Stay without a visa or a residence permit: 216 (2013-232) Without valid identity documents: 742 (2013-465) Without registration in the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs: 106 (2013-133) Without a work permit: 50 (2013-147)
Violators of the visa regime detected at the exit 1746 1394 1293 1069 2011 2012 2013 2014 Nationality of persons - violators of the visa regime detected at the exit: - Russia 479 (2013-720) - Ukraine 179 (2013 223) - Belarus 122 (2013 184) - Kyrgyzstan 68 (2013 68) - Uzbekistan 52 (2013 87)
Forced expulsion, issued orders to leave the country 1763 1793 54 57 33 101 823 1236 forced expulsion 2011 2012 2013 2014 issued orders to leave the country 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of foreigners returned from other countries and number of foreigners returned to other countries in accordance with the Dublin II Regulation
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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