1.1. Contact organisation
The State Border Guard of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Analytical Unit of the Oparational Management board of the State Border Guard of Latvia
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Rudolfa street 5, Riga, Latvia, LV1001
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
1 January 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
1 January 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
1 January 2025
3.1. Data description
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:
- refused entry at the external border,
- found to be illegally present,
- ordered to leave,
- returned following an order to leave.
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.7. Reference area
The Republic of Latvia
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The State Border Guard prepares official European statistics, which are submitted to the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat, which publishes high-quality European-wide statistical data and indicators that allow comparisons between countries and regions.
The State Border Guard shall annually (until 31 March of the current year) prepare and submit to Eurostat the following statistics in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 311/76 on the collection of statistics on foreign workers (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation) (Articles 5 and 7).
Article 5 of the Regulation - Member States shall submit to the Commission (Eurostat) statistics on: the number of third-country nationals refused entry to the territory of a Member State at the external border;
The number of third-country nationals staying illegally in the territory of a Member State in accordance with national immigration laws (Statistical data, broken down by age and sex and by nationality of the persons concerned).
Article 7 of the Regulation the number of third-country nationals staying illegally in a Member State and in respect of whom an administrative or judicial decision or act has been taken stating or declaring that their stay is illegal and that they must leave the territory of a Member State, with a breakdown of these data by nationality of the persons concerned;
The number of third-country nationals who have actually left the territory of a Member State following an administrative or judicial decision or act as referred to in point (a), with a breakdown by nationality of the persons concerned.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Data sharing and submission to the Central Statistical Office is stipulated in the Statistics Law, and the person responsible for providing data from the State Border Guard to the Central Statistical Office is the Analytical Department of the Operational Management Department of the State Border Guard.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The Law on the Processing of Personal Data.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance).
8.1. Release calendar
The State Border Guard provides statistical data upon request and as needed.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
The State Border Guard provides statistical data upon request and as needed.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Press releases are created upon request, if necessary.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Please see RS website publikacijas un parskati.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Micro-data are not disseminated.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
There are no other dissemination formats by Statisitcs Latvia on EIL statistics.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
See RS website (normativie akti).
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not available.
11.1. Quality assurance
In the State Border Guard, statistical data is collected and analyzed by the Analytical Department of the Operational Management Department of the State Border Guard.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Data quality monitoring is ensured by the Head of the Operational Management Department of the State Border Guard.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are not distributed to other users. The data can be obtained upon separate request, and there must be a justification for the request for the State Border Guard data. In certain cases, data is sent by prior agreement, such as to the FRONTEX agency or EUROSTAT.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
No information available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are obtained from the REIS system and the data is automated.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are compiled and systematized every day.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are compiled and systematized every day.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Data discrepancies or inconsistencies are unlikely because the data is compiled into a single system.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Data discrepancies or inconsistencies are unlikely because the data is compiled into a single system.
Not applicable.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
As needed and by prior agreement.
18.3. Data collection
National systematic process of gathering data for official statistics.
18.4. Data validation
Validity checks include.
Checks of totals consistency.
Checks of magnitude of changes over time.
Checking if the double counting cases are excluded.
Checking the consistency between Y2 and Y3 datasets.
Checking the consistency between “TCNs subjects to an obligation to leave”and “TCNs who actually left the territory”.
Checking the consistency between “TCNs who returned to a Third Country”and “TCNs who actually left the territory”.
18.5. Data compilation
Not applicable.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
No statistical technique applied.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
No statistical technique applied.
This metadata description is valid for all reference periods (years and quarters) of all EIL data send to Eurostat.
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:
- refused entry at the external border,
- found to be illegally present,
- ordered to leave,
- returned following an order to leave.
1 January 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Number of persons
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
The Republic of Latvia
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are obtained from the REIS system and the data is automated.
Number of persons.
Not applicable.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
The State Border Guard provides statistical data upon request and as needed.
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are compiled and systematized every day.
The statistical data of the State Border Guard are compiled and systematized every day.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
