12-01-2011

In the check point “Yagodyn” (Volyn region) illegal migrant was apprehended who was going to Poland with forged documents. The passenger of the train “Kyiv-Warsaw” showed special passport of the citizen of Turkey where another photo was glued and date of birth was corrected. Detecting the forgery the officers of State Border Service invited violator to a service room.

Detained person was 36-year-old citizen of Turkey, Kurd by nationality. His personality was succeeded to establish due to real document – identification card of interior use that was hided in the shoes. According to the words of illegal migrant, he was travelling to Warsaw to his brother, who was married with the citizen of Poland. On this purpose he bought forged passport and identification card for the same name from an unfamiliar man in Istanbul paying for this $ 1200.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=101298&cat_id=48886

11-01-2011

In the airport “Boryspil” border guards refused in entering four potential illegal migrants – citizens of Iraq who flied from Damascus. Two foreigners, as to their version, arrived being invited by one business association aiming at learning market of wood and metal in Ukraine. During the interview it was cleared out that Iraqis did not know that they had to go to Odessa. Moreover, they even could not tell the name of organization which invited them. The officers of State Border Service contacted the organization which issued invitation. There border guards were told that they invited foreigners as volunteers and not as businessman.

Other two passengers of this flight arrived with private address on invitation of citizen from Kharkov. They also could not tell where to and to who they came. The travellers tried to convince the border guards that they would be on a visit to a country fellow who was waiting for them. However the lat confessed that he was just asked to meet the visitors with who he was not acquainted personally.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=101213&cat_id=48886

11-01-2011

A man was detained in the airport of Odessa city for intention of illegal cross of the border who was registering for the flight to Budapest. For the control the traveller showed passport of 24-year-old citizen of Czechia. The border guards noticed that a page with constituent data was too light and did not have corresponding protection elements. It was established during the expertise that page was printed on the printer in sewed into the document. Besides, notes on crossing the state border of Ukraine were also false. Detainee called himself a citizen of Afghanistan. His personality is under identification now.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=101195&cat_id=48886

05-01-2011

In Chop (Transcarpathian region) the border guars detained three illegal migrants – tourist from Iran. During the routine check of one of the town hotels inspector of Border Service detected three foreigners. According to documents they are citizens of Iran arriving to Ukraine on the basis of the tourist visa. However, as it was established by the border guards in the course of a talk with detainees they did not plan to stay in Ukraine for a long time – they defined European countries as the final point of their trip. Thus, citizen of Iran intended to cross the state border of Ukraine illegally. The foreigners are accounted for administrative responsibility according to the Article 204 of Code of Ukraine “Intention to cross illegal the state border”. Having return tickets Iranians will be soon sent back home and are prohibited to enter Ukraine for the nearest five years.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/100097

30-12-2010

In the end of the last week Kharkov border guards detained a citizen of Afghanistan who got on the territory of Ukraine illegally from Russia. Two Russians helped him deciding to earn some money for the usual doze of drugs. The man did not have any documents. In order to get to Europe he used the usual scheme: under the mask of a tourist he arrived to Russia in order later to get to West through Ukraine.

In total, Kharkov Detachment raised 16 criminal cases in the year 2010. 10 cases out of them were for smuggling the persons through the state border of Ukraine and 6 – were for using knowingly forged document.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=100808&cat_id=48886

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

24-11-2010

An operative information was received in the Department of State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate (DSMI)about the car with illegal migrants moving towards them. In the course of some hours DSMI inspectors together with SSU workers stopped all similar cars and about 10.30 p.m. such a vehicle was stopped. The driver being alone in the car and as to request of DSMI inspectors he showed documents and opened the boot in which noting suspicious was. But inspectors also peeped in the back seats where he noticed four adult men in horizontal posture. Soon it was cleared out that they were citizens of Palestine without any documents who crossed illegally the borders of several states intending to get to Europe. The smuggler and detained illegal migrants were handed over to Chop Border Detachment.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/98469

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

20-12-2010

Two groups of illegal migrants were apprehended in Lviv region. At about 3 a.m. detail of BS “Grushiv” detected four unfamiliar persons with rucksacks who were moving towards the village Nemyriv and came out from the forest to the road. Less than three kilometer left to Polish border. The travelers were citizens of Turkey of the age from 21 to 47 years old. They were tired and suffered very much of cold because the temperature of air at that moment comprised 12 degrees below zero and foreigners confessed that they were travelling already five hours.

Detainees were delivered to TDC of Lviv Detachment of SBSU. As it was established all of them arrived to Ukraine legally at different time. Deciding to look for income in the countries of European Union they started their way to the border on Poland. They chose the routes themselves. They reached the border area by taxi pointing a taxi driver the place they need on the map. Hurrying up to the forest illegal migrants were sure that they go to Poland, however they got lost and soon were detained.

Two more foreigners, citizens of Armenia, were detained at the bus station of the town Rava-Ruska when they got out of the bus. They had a map where pointer was drawn marking the route to Poland. Violators confessed that they were going to France to get a job.

It is worth while mentioning that foreigners trying to cross illegally Ukrainian border in winter period (especially in mountain and forest areas) turn out to be suffered from trespassers. There were cases when illegal migrants died from overcooling or needed serious medical help. In this connection State Border Service of Ukraine warns foreigners from similar actions.  

Source:http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=100252&cat_id=62916

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