Tourist from Syria was apprehended at Ukrainian-Polish border

24-12-2009

The workers of Department of Border Service in Lviv region apprehended a man who made his way illegally to Poland. Operative-searching group caught up the violator some meters before the border line. Detained person was citizen of Syria who 4 days ago arrived to Ukraine with tourist aim through the airport Boryspil. The foreigner indicated Kyiv as the place of his stay in the migration card.

In general, in the course of 11 months of 2009 year the workers of State Border Service detained 2263 illegal migrants who were intending to cross the border illegally. And almost 19 thousand potential illegal migrants were refused in entering Ukraine.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=72618&cat_id=48886