A group of illegal migrants was detained trying to cross the state border of Ukraine. The detail of Department of Border Service “Novoselytsya” in Transcarpathian region was following the trespassers; however they failed to catch them. According to information of Ukrainian police Slovakian colleagues apprehended 5 citizens of Afghanistan. Then, they were passed to Ukrainian side.
In Summy region 9 persons were detained 30 m before Ukrainian-Russian border, one of them was a citizen of Ukraine, and the rest were residents of Afghanistan. Our country fellow accompanied one woman, two men, two boys and three girls in the age of 5-13 years old. The foreigners and their guide were delivered to the Department of Border Service “Sopych”. The conditions on violation are now under investigation. The problem on the foreigners’ expel out of the borders of Ukraine is solving now and criminal case for illegal transportation of persons through the border is instituted.