The head of service of frontier protection of Latvia, General Normunds Gabars informed in the program " Morning panorama channel LTV that since the beginning of 2014 in the Republic sought refuge already seven Residents of Ukraine.
According to Gabara, in these seven cases, the citizens of Ukraine legally arrived in Latvia, and after the expiration date of the visa requested to grant them asylum in connection with the tense situation in the homeland. Also detected attempt of illegal penetration in the Republic.

in General, as specified Gabars, in the past five months the number of movements across the border of Latvia, in comparison with the same period a year before, has not changed.

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