06-09-2018
Verifying operative information by joint interagency group nearby the border in Novoselytskyi district three cars were stopped at night being driven by Ukrainians. It was established that there were 4 undocumented foreigners in each car. According to previous information the detained men were migrants from Bangladesh. The foreigners were delivered to the Border Unit in order to perform the filtration measures and identify persons. Three their smugglers are threatened with responsibility under Article 206-1 of the AICU (Illegal transportation of foreigners and stateless persons within the territory of Ukraine).
Another “seekers of better life” were detained last night by the border guards of Border Unit “Uzhhorod”, Chop Detachment.
State Border Guard Service in the frames of special joint operation “border-2018”, which has been started from April 10 and will continue to November 30, strengthens efforts to counteract illegal activity at the state border.
Local inhabitants informed the border guards of Mostyska Detachment about appearance of some unknown persons nearby the state border. Verifying information the border detail started to the place immediately. Soon, the officers detained three violator 50 m before the border – the citizens of Ukraine, China and Kyrgyzstan, who bypassing the check point planned to cross the Ukrainian-Polish border. The offenders will be called to administrative responsibility under article 204-1 of the AICU, they were delivered to the border unit. Currently, the law enforcers establish all circumstances of the offence.
In the evening borer detail of the Border Unit “Smilnytsya” noticed the motion of a group of unknown persons 50 m before the border. the law enforcers started searches of possible offenders and soon they detained two foreigners – citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan. At dawn, the border guards found one more Azerbaijani. It was established that all foreigners arrived to Ukraine in legal way in the end of August by sea, however, they wished to continue their trip to the EU countries illegally. They are threatened with a fine for the sum of 8500 to 13600 UAH or administrative arrest for the term of ten to fifteen days for attempt to cross the state border of Ukraine.
Information on offenders stay was given to the border guards by local residents. The district inspector of the BU “Stuzhytsia” reported that there were three men of Asian appearence at the railway station “Zhornava”. The response team, which immediately started to verify the information, soon discovered a group of illegal immigrants without documents in this locality.
Thus, last night as a result of such events, the border guards of Chop Detachment together with the officers of the National Police found and detained four migrants in Transcarpathia. It is worth noting that the local residents informed the law enforcers about the appearance of the unknown in the border area.
As part of the special operation “Migrant” the joint inter-agency group composed of operational units of SBGS, the Main Investigation Department of the National Police, Department of National Security and National Police for procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine exposed and documented the organizers of the illegal migration channel. In particular, the immigrants from Asia and Africa were illegally issued passports of the citizens of Ukraine for travelling abroad, and for this purpose they used forged passports of citizens of Ukraine and seals on registration of the captured persons on the territory of Crimea. The scheme functioned at the assistance of the officials of the Migration Service in Odessa region.
Reaction group of the BD “Sheheni”, Mostyska Detachment, detained three illegal migrants at the approaches to the state border. In the course of verification actions it was established that the seekers of “better life” arrived from Cameroon. Currently, the offenders are detained in the special premise of the Border Unit, where the circumstances of ther illegal trip are investigated. Detainees will have to bear administrative responsibility for the attempt to cross the state border of Ukraine.
The staff of State Border Guard Service together with the law enforcement agencies conduct the events on counteraction to illegal movement by the illegal migrants across the state border.