Border guards apprehended 4 Somalis and 3 Afghans in Transcarpathia

03-06- 2015

thumb_news_20150518_111902_1431937142In the course of actions undertaken against the illegal migration, the border guards of BS “Velykyi Bereznyi” of Chop Detachment apprehended 4 migrants from African continent. Information about the movement of unfamiliar persons towards the border was received from the local inhabitants at about at midnight. In a result of conducted searching measures four trespassers were detained some hundred meters before the Ukrainian-Slovakian border. The man traveling to the neighboring country had no any documents and explained that they were the citizens of Somali. They also reported that they intended to get to Slovakia aiming at getting asylum. Besides, border guards of BS “Kosyno” of Mukachevo Detachment detained 3 persons moving towards the border on Hungary. Two men and a woman named themselves as the citizens of Afghanistan. The violators were detected with the help of thermal imager. So far, operative and verification measures go on. The trespassers were delivered to border subdivisions to establish their personalities and prepare administrative and procedural documents. Their further destiny will be defined by the court.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_7339.htm