Monthly Archive for December, 2010

27-12-2010

A man was detained in the airport of Simferopol who flied to Ukraine with forged documents. For the passport control the passenger of the flight form Istanbul presented special passport of 40-year-old citizen of Turkey and in order to dissipate doubts of the border guards he also showed identification card issued for the same name. During the thorough check of the passport with the help of border control devices “Dixi 01 M” it was established that document was completely false. Soon, real documents of the foreigner were found among the stuff of the traveller by the workers of the check point.

In fact, the violator was 37-year-old citizen of Turkey. It was cleared out previously that with the help of forged special passport he wanted to get to Italy. He presented forged passport to Ukrainian law enforcement agents hoping they would not notice changes and would put necessary marks which, on Turk’s opinion, should make easier the crossing of the border in the future.

At the present moment administrative protocol has been drawn up for illegal cross of the state border of Ukraine. a question is solved as to raise criminal case for using forged document.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=100595&cat_id=48886

22-12-2010

Five citizens of Moldova compelled to run well the border guards of Ukraine and Moldova. In the evening detail of check point “Udobne” with the help of thermal imager from observing tower noticed a group of persons making their way from Moldova to Ukraine. A reaction group was sent into the area of possible break and informed border guards at adjoining side. Soon officers of SBS found a man who was hiding in the bushes. Two more persons ran into the garden nearby the village Udobne seeing border guards from where unfamiliar man ran out.

Searching groups with a searching dog were formed for detention of trespassers. At 1 a.m. Ukrainian border guards apprehended two citizens of Moldova in the suburb of the village Udobne. One more violator hiding in the village was found at about 4 o’clock in the morning. Besides, Moldavian border guards stopped their country fellow in the village Palanka at about 1 a.m. who was trying to get to Ukraine illegally.

Officers of SBS drew up administrative protocols concerning three detained persons for illegal cross of the border and as to their country fellow who was waiting for the accomplices in the garden – for the break of the rules on stay in Ukraine. Circumstances of the delinquency and goal of illegal trip of the citizens of Moldova are establishing.

Source:http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=100390&cat_id=48886

18-12-2010

Official data contests statements of some politicians about great growth in number of returned illegal migrants to Ukraine after Agreement on Readmission with European Union coming into force. It was reported at press-conference by Maksym Butkevych, adviser of UNHCR office.

M. Butkevych reminds that almost a year has passed since the moment when Agreement between Ukraine and European Union on Readmission came into force. According to his words, during this period some politicians, who mainly profess far rightist ideology, stated that now a great number – hundreds of illegal migrants would be returned to Ukraine from European countries. However, now when these fears did not realize no one remembers about these statements and nobody is shamed for them.

The adviser of UNHCR office mentioned that Ukraine signing up Agreement with EU had already had similar agreements with other countries – western neighbors. He added that according to official data the number of returned illegal migrants to Ukraine in 2010 in conformity to Agreement with EU does not excel the number which was fixed in previous years according to bilateral agreements. Besides, according to the words of M. Butkevych, since January till the end of October 2010, as to official data,  404 illegal migrants – citizens of Ukraine, 215 – citizens of CIS countries and 127 citizens of other states were returned from EU countries to Ukraine.

 At the same time M. Butkevych stressed that there were series of problems connected with realization of clauses of Agreement on Readmission. He mentioned illegal return of persons to Ukraine who asked for refugee status in EU countries. He presented data according to which since January till October of the current year UNHCR received applications from 53 persons  who were addressing to authorities in Hungary and Slovakia with request to grant them this status, but till the end of requests considering they were illegally returned to Ukraine.

 On December 16, International Human Rights Organization “Human Rights Watch” presented report “Buffeted in the Borderland: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Ukraine” where it was said that European Union ignores breaks of the rights of citizens from third countries returned from its territory and about absence of protection of refugees and children in Ukraine.

Since January 1, 2010 a second part of Agreement between Ukraine and European Community about readmission of persons came into force. In accordance with this agreement, Ukraine accepts persons arriving to EU countries from the territory of our state and broke the rules on enter and stay in these countries.

Source: http://www.euroatlantica.info/index.php?id=3175

03-12-2010

Two foreigners were detained – citizen of Great Britain and Somalia who posed as citizen of Great Britain. One of them was trying to cross the border with forged passport and another man was assisting in his illegal trip. Both foreigners were travelling in the train “Kyiv-Berlin”. During the border control the workers of check point “Yagodyn” established that British documents of one of them were forged. Traveler confessed that in reality he was 18-year-old citizen of Somali. According to his words, forged passport and student card of London college he received by post and paid for the papers $1500. Also Somali man reported that his fellow traveler was his old friend 41-year-old citizen of Great Britain of African origin helping him to get to Germany. The last one tried to deny his acquaintance with the neighbor in compartment, but border guards learnt that they lived together in one of Kyiv hotels. Herewith, double room for himself and his friend was ordered by citizen of Great Britain. At the present moment, a question is raised as to a criminal case on using forged passport during the cross of the state border, and concerning his helper – as to organization of illegal cross of the persons through the state border of Ukraine.

Source:http://www.volynnews.com/news/extreme/na_volyni_u_poyizdi_zatrymaly_dvokh_nelehaliv/

03-12-2010

The officers of Chop Border Detachment of SBSU detained a group of illegal migrants. Two men, two women and three children were detected in uninhabited building of the factory “Uzhgorodprylad” which is located in the suburb of Uzhgorod. The foreigners were delivered to border subdivision. They did not have any documents. It was established before that migrants were citizens of Afghanistan, all of them were relatives, and children were of the age 6, 12 and 13 years old. As detainees practically do not speak any European language so details of their trip to Ukraine the law enforcement agents plan to learn after Pashto translator will arrive.

Source:http://www.pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=98255&cat_id=48886