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• 70 non-EU citizens were detained for illegal cross of Latvian border in the first half of 2009

According to the State Border Guard Service, 70 non-EU citizens were detained for illegal cross of Latvian border in the first half of 2009 which is for 61% more than in the first half of 2008. The majority of detained persons were from Congo, Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Syria, Moldova and Belarus.

According to the State Border Guard Service, 70 non-EU citizens were detained for illegal cross of Latvian border in the first half of 2009 which is for 61% more than in the first half of 2008. The majority of detained persons were from Congo, Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Syria, Moldova and Belarus. Chas