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102 of the documents upon a request of supervision and control institutions. Also, it is planned to provide in the Labour Law that the payment of unpaid salary of an illegally entered thirdcountry national is the responsibility not only of his or her direct employer, but also a general contractor, if he or she has fully or partially delivered the fulfilment of initial contractual obligations to the employer. Changes also in other laws are planned in related to the amendments to the Labour Law. The prepared amendment to the Latvian Administrative Violations Code envisages an administrative fine to employers for employment of illegally staying third-country nationals. The amount of a fine for natural persons is planned in the amount of 150-350 lats, for legal entities 750-3,000 lats. A fine is envisaged for employment of more than five such persons for natural persons in the amount of 350-500 lats, for legal entities 3,000-10,000 lats. The Amendment to the Criminal Law provides, in specific cases, criminal liability of an employer for employment of third-country nationals who have entered the state illegally. It is planned to apply it if a minor is employed, if people have been employed in particularly exploiting work conditions, or if a victim of human trafficking has been employed intentionally. Punishment to an employer for such offences is arrest, forced labour or a fine in the amount of up to 200 minimum monthly wages. Under the influence of the economic processes, the risk of employing or exploitation of illegal immigrants in Latvia in 2010 was low. In its Declaration of November 2010 regarding the planned activities of the [second] Cabinet of Ministers led by Valdis Dombrovskis, in the field of internal security for development and growth of the State of Latvia, the Government has undertaken to strictly control immigration from third countries, reduce illegal immigration by acting against persons who provide work and place of residence for illegal immigrant, as well as by improving the mechanism of detection, registration and expelling of illegal immigrants. By taking into account the content of the Declaration and the EU directives, several amendments to regulatory enactments have been elaborated in order to encourage people to refrain from illegal activities in relation to illegal immigrants. In 2010, the State Border Guard, in compliance with Section 189 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code for employment without a passport or work permit, called employers to account in 22 cases. In 2010 3 case have been initiated under Section 154.1 of the Criminal Law in Latvia for exploitation of labour force, and now are in criminal proceedings. Punishment is envisaged for the said offence depending on qualification: deprivation of liberty for a period of three to fifteen years with or without seizure of property. II(h) an Expulsion Decision taken by one Member State (MS) should be applicable throughout the EU and entered into the SIS obliging other MSs to prevent the person concerned from entering or residing Please describe any relevant developments with regard to expulsion decisions and the principle of mutual recognition of these decisions. Latvia is rarely used as a transit country for fulfilment of a return decision or deportation order which has been passed by another Member State of the European Union, thus the State Border Guard has rare cases when it has to recognise in practice a return decision or order issued in another Member State of the European Union. 5.2 Stockholm Programme (1-2 paragraphs in the text box created for each commitment) The relevant commitments in the Stockholm Programme for this sub-section are in particular:
103 4(j) more effective action against illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings and smuggling of persons by developing information on migration routes as well as aggregate and comprehensive information which improves our understanding of and response to migratory flows Please describe information collection activities undertaken in your Member State to identify migration routes, patterns and other relevant factors relevant to illegal immigration. The State Border Guard, illegal migration routes and trends are identified by the Analytical Division of the Service Organization Department, Central Board of the State Border Guard where the information is summarised which has been received from structural units of the State Border Guards and communication officers, as well as information available on FRONTEX agency’s common information system (ICONET). After the information is summaries and analysis made, tactical warnings are prepared and sent to structural units of the State Border Guard. Information is also placed on the common information system of the State Border Guard where it is available for relevant services. 4(k) increased targeted training and equipment support Please describe any training measures and equipment support to combat irregular immigration which are not linked to border control (which is discussed in section 9 below). In 2010, the staff of the State Border Guard received the following training: • 2 border guards acquire the speciality of legal experts for technical investigation of documents; • 6 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme "Training for service and technical staff of sea video surveillance systems"; • 100 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme "Operator of the automated fingerprint identification system "AFIS""; • 9 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme "Sea border module"; • 120 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme "Counterfeit documents"; • 30 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme for the 2nd level specialists of document investigation "Counterfeit documents"; • English language training was given to 4 cynologists of the State Border Guard, as well as general preparation before in-service training in Finland on the EU external border (project No.2010-1-LV1-LEO 02-00747); • 39 border guards were trained in examination of par biometric travel documents (within the framework of project ĀRF/2008/4 of Programme 2008 of the External Border Fund, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, the Ministry of Interior); • 54 border guards were trained before their participation in joint operations of FRONTEX Agency; • 75 border guards acquired the qualification improvement programme "Detection of footprint and further action with such prints”; • 45 border guards graduated the College of the State Border Guard and acquired the fourth level of professional qualification as well as qualification "Junior officer of the State Border Guard";
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7 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Methodology
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9 2. POLITICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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13 illegal immigrants, as well as b
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15 Confederation of Latvia, Elīna
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19 4. LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRA
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21 consular mission of a member sta
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23 request of a residence permit if
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27 Affairs and the Latvian Language
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31 6) the regulatory enactment expa
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33 of the Latvian and Belarus borde
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35 A minor third-country national o
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37 In 2010, the Ministry of Justice
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39 6) Latvian Language Agency imple
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41 On 10 March 2010, Cabinet Regula
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43 cancel a visa of third-country n
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47 enforcement institutions of the
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49 In 2010, the Office of Citizensh
Page 51 and 52: 51 In 2007-2009, a network of human
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Page 67 and 68: 67 of asylum seekers and improve th
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Page 71 and 72: 71 10. IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN U
Page 73 and 74: 73 The concept developed by the Min
Page 75 and 76: 75 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation
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Page 83 and 84: 83 Literature: ‣ Apstiprina jaunu
Page 85 and 86: 85 ‣ Interesējas par darbaspēka
Page 87 and 88: 87 http://www.iem.gov.lv/lat/aktual
Page 89 and 90: 89 ANNEX OF THE EUROPEAN PACT ON IM
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Page 109 and 110: 109 BORDER CONTROL 8 Control and su
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Page 115 and 116: 115 The State Border Guard on regul
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