22-10-2018
As it was previously reported, the border guards of the BU “Krakovets” detained two immigrants from North Africa according to the information received from the local residents. The Moroccan citizens, born in 1997 and 1999, were found about 100 meters from the border.
And in the area of BU “Shehyni”, also thanks to the inhabitants of the borderland, the law enforcement officers detained two citizens of Ghana. The man and woman were walking to Poland bypassing the checkpoint. The man had his passport with a mark of temporary residence permit, the woman was undocumented, she had only a pass from one of the Ukrainian universities.
In addition, the soldiers of the “Shegini” Department detained a citizen of the Republic of Belarus near the place of the previous detention on the outskirts of the border. The man had also hopes to bypass the checkpoint and illegally cross the Ukrainian-Polish border.
In respect of all detainees, the documents have been drawn up on administrative offences for their attempt to cross illegally the state border of Ukraine. The decision will be made by the court.
During verification of the available information provided by field officers of the Border Department the policemen detained three foreigners without documents on the suburb of the settlement Kosyno. Two of them introduced themselves as Sudanese citizens and the third one – as Somali. In the course of filtration activities, the border guards found out that the detained persons, aged 23, 18 and 16 years, came to Ukrainian territory in legal order, but they planned to cross the Ukrainian-Hungarian border illegally outside the checkpoints and reach one of the EU countries.
In the course of the criminal proceedings implementation with regards to the materials of the officers from the Operational Units of the Western Regional Office, the car with four citizens of Bangladesh was detected in the outskirts of the village Knyahynya. Together with the foreigners there was also a detention of our country fellow who tried to transport the foreigners illegally from Ukraine to Slovakia.
243 people’s deputies voted for the corresponding decision. The law supplements the criminal code of Ukraine with article 332-2 “Illegal cross of the state border of Ukraine”.
While checking the documents of the passengers arrived from Istanbul in the checkpoint Boryspil, the law enforcers detected Iraqi citizen who provided partially fake passport of a citizen of Paraguay for verification. As it was established later, he tried to get to Great Britain by this passport.
Continuing the measures on counteraction to illegal activities at the state border within the framework of the joint special operation” Border 2018″, the border guards together with the SSU staff and National Police prevented the attempts of illegal movement of persons across the state border.
The state border service officers detained 8 illegal migrants near the state border of Ukraine.
Information about the movement of unknown persons in the border area was received by the officers last night from a local resident. The additional outfits were immediately sent to search the offenders, one of which was found on the outskirts of the village of Strychava, Velykyi Bereznyi district. The two men moved towards the state border when they were stopped by the guards of the Chop Detachment. The detained citizens of Turkey admitted that they intended to get into the EU bypassing checkpoints with the aim of improving living conditions.
The military staff of the BU “Hrabove”, Lutsk Detachment detained three undocumented persons nearby the state border, who were going through the Zhidnyi Buh river to get to the neighboring Poland. The detainees claim that they are citizens of India.
During the night patrol the border guards of BU “Velyka Palad”, Mukachevo Detachment noticed the unknown persons moving towards the state border. The soldiers immediately began to pursue the offenders making several warning shots. Despite the legal requirements of the border guards the offenders did not stop. Moreover, one of the runaways, being already caught by the guards, tried to hit the soldier and apply a gas canister. With the help of physical impact the border guards detained the aggressive man.