21-01-2012

Release of Somali migrants who went on strike at Temporary Holding Facility in the village of Zhuravychi, Volyn, is impossible at the present moment. It was announce about by director of Refugee Department of State Border Service Nataliya Naymenko.

Recall, on January 18, 2012 it became known about the hunger strike of some tens of Somalis at THF in Zhuravychi, who demand release and issue of documents for staying in Ukraine. Rebellious mood of Somalis was confirmed by the direction of the centre. However, the deputy director of regimen of THF of MOI of Ukraine in Volyn region Oleksandr Luschak marked “there is no hunger strike as such” as illegal migrants eat biscuits, tea and “Mivina” (macaroni).

Naumenko informed that Somalis receive packets with food and they refused to get meals from dining room. “On my point of view, this hunger strike is mostly a play to audience. The story starts from the moment when persons learned about the fact that they will be hold in such a centre not six months but a year in accordance to new legislation, which came into force on December 25,2011”, – reported Naumenko.

Migration Service informed that first they have to establish if detainees are really Somalis. “If the fact that migrants arrived fromSomaliais established, so long-term decisions will be made on each case separately. But they will not be expelled toSomaliain no any wise.” – Naumenko explained. She stated that release of the Somali migrants is impossible.

At the present moment there are 58 migrants from Somalia under arrest at THF “Zhuravychi” waiting for deportation.

State Migration Service convince of the fact that Ukraine keeps all resolutions of UNO as to citizens declaring their arrival from Somalia.
In its letter to Minister of Interior of Ukraine, organization Amnesty International appealed to  Ukrainian authorities to implement all their obligations guaranteeing Somalis’ access to just procedure of refugee status and subsidiary protection granting in case they cannot be recognized as refugees.
Amnesty International states that there are probably children among the third part of detainees. However, Naumenko assured that all persons placed to centres are adult.

Source: http://www.volynpost.com/news/1264-somalijci-goloduyut-na-publiku–migracijna-sluzhba

18-01-2012

On January 16, the border guards of Belgorod-Dnistrovk Detachment serving the check point “Starokozache” detected documents belonging to bearer. There were forged marks done by the representatives of State Border Service.

During the registration of the regular bus making its route from Odessa to Kysheniv the officers of Border Department paid attention to man who was travelling with three children. 29-year-old passenger was the citizens of Denmark who as if was travelling with his children. However, during the check of the documents it was cleared out that passport really belonged to this man but children were travelling with strange documents. There was also a woman with a child detected in the bus who presented the documents of citizens of Great Britain for control. Their documents also belonged to someone else. The thing is that law enforcement agents detected forged marks in all documents of the representatives of State Border Service. In the course of the check one more document was found at woman for one more child.

As it was clarified later, the man came to Ukrainian order to help the citizen of Somalia and her children to get to the countries of EU. On this purpose he took some passport document with him. In addition to that passports were of his children. They decided to get to European countries through the neighbouring Moldova for some reason or other expecting that on this direction they will successfully cross the border. One more Somali helped them in preparation to illegal trip. But they were not managed to be left unnoticed as border guards in the south exposed such cunning “travellers” not for the first time. At the present moment all conditions of infringement are established now. The citizen of Denmark and Somalia will probably be called to criminal responsibility according to Article 332 of CCU “Illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine”.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=141892&cat_id=62916

18-01-2012

There are some tens of Somalis went on hunger strike at Temporary Holding Facility (THF) in the village of Zhuravychi, Kivertskyi district, Volyn region. They demand release and issue of documents permitting them to stay in Ukraine.

Kyiv Post writes about this referring to very participants of the hunger strike and human rights activist.

«We became the hostages of situation, when we cannot receive any document for staying on the territory of Ukraine and without documents we are detained by police and are hold by months at THFs», – it is said in the statement of the hunger strikers.
«Persons can stay at THF up to 12 months, then they are just released not issuing them any documents. Thus, the  most of them find themselves again at THF. «Some of us faced already this some times and in addition to it there a lot of us living on the territory of Ukraine already 5-6 years», – Sultan Haib, representative of the hunger strikers says.

According to his words, State Migration Service does not give any documents to asylum seekers in Ukraine due to which they could stay in Ukraine legally until receiving the decision on refugee status granting.

The procedure of refugee status grating in Ukraine is complicated by the fact that State Committee of Nationalities and Religions was liquidated last year and new body engaged in migration issues, – State Migration Service – yet is not formed.

«Those of us having this status before cannot prolong it. In such a way they have to become illegal migrants, thus in a result we are detained», – Haib says.

Somalis tell that because of such situation in Ukraine some of them tried to cross the border to European Union illegally in order to ask asylum there. but unfortunately, they were apprehended by Ukrainian border guards.

«So, we neither live here nor look for better destiny in other countries. We are not criminals, we people fleeing from Somalia in order to save our life”, – Haib says.

The human rights activists report that at THF in Zhuravychi, Volyn region Somalis are on hunger strike “at least a week”.

«At the present moment we cannot verify the exact number of hunger strikers, however it is clear that there are some dozens. It is known that there are women and children among them», –  reports Maksym Butkevych from “No Borders” engaged in help to refugees and asylum seekers.

“Now we can not verify how many hungry people, but it is clear that several dozen. We know that among them are women and minors, “- said Maxim Butkevych of the project” No Borders “, which deals with refugees and asylum seekers.

Unofficial information about the hunger strike is also confirmed by international human rights organizations, but so far there are no official comment.

State Migration Service still does not answer to the questions Kyiv Post about the situation in Zhuravychi.

Somalia is recognized as a country where constant danger is threatened to people’s lives. The expel of the citizens asking asylum in another country, is prohibited.

Despite the fact that Ukraine ratified the Convention on Refugees’ Rights, and therefore it obliged to grant refugee status to people who are in danger in their countries, there are very few of those seeking status get it. So, in 2010 the figure was only about 10%.

As of 2010, there were only 2 000 334 refugees living in Ukraine.

Source: http://www.volynpost.com/news/1183-u-zhuravychah-nelegaly-ogolosyly-goloduvannia

18-01-2012

Three citizens of Vietnam were apprehended by the border guards of BS “Uzhgorod” in Transcarpathian region.  A man and two women were stopped some hundred metres before the border. According to the words of detainees it became known that they intended to get to Poland, particularly to Warsaw. They were transported to the border as if by two unfamiliar persons whom they paid $ 3 thousand each. But the men in masks taking them to the forest ordered migrants to wait. Then they went to the car and disappeared in unknown direction. On arriving to Warsaw,Vietnams had to pay some more thousands of dollars. Now, operative actions are carried out on establishment of circumstances of the infringement and persons involved in it.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/112100

18-01-2012

The border detail of BS “Delovoe” detected four men without documents identifying them during the check of the regular bus making its direction on the route “Odesa-Khust”. As it became known from the words of detainees they were citizens of Afghanistan. On arrival to the territory of Ukraine, the travellers started to Transcarpathia at once aiming at further illegal moving to the countries of Western Europe. All above mentioned citizens were detained. Measures on establishment of the circumstance of infringement are under the process at the present moment.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/112132

18-01-2012
On January 16, the border guards of Belgorod-Dnistrovk Detachment serving the check point “Starokozache” detected documents belonging to bearer. There were forged marks done by the representatives of State Border Service.
During the registration of the regular bus making its route from Odesa to Kishinev the officers of Border Department paid attention to man who was travelling with three children. 29-year-old passenger was the citizens of Denmark who as if was travelling with his children. However, during the check of the documents it was cleared out that passport really belonged to this man but children were travelling with strange documents. There was also a woman with a child detected in the bus who presented the documents of citizens of Great Britain for control. Their documents also belonged to someone else. The thing is that law enforcement agents detected forged marks in all documents of the representatives of State Border Service. In the course of the check one more document was found at woman for one more child.
As it was clarified later, the man came to Ukraine in order to help the citizen of Somalia and her children to get to the countries of EU. On this purpose he took some passport document with him. In addition to that passports were of his children. They decided to get to European countries through the neighbouring Moldova for some reason or other expecting that on this direction they will successfully cross the border. One more Somali helped them in preparation to illegal trip. But they were not managed to be left unnoticed as border guards in the south exposed such cunning “travellers” not for the first time. At the present moment all conditions of infringement are established now. The citizen of Denmark and Somalia will probably be called to criminal responsibility according to Article 332 of CCU “Illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine”.
Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=141892&cat_id=62916

18-01-2012

On January 12, 2012 the officers of Ukrainian Security Service stopped two cars with six migrants from Afghanistan without any documents and two local residents nearby the village Velykaya Dobron, Uzhgorod district. It was established that the group of illegal migrants was delivered to Transcarpathia from Chernivtsi. The organizers of channel of illegal migration intended to take Afghans illegally through the state border of Ukraine to the EU countries.

On January 13, the inspectors of SSU in Transcarpathian region instituted criminal case against detainees according to Part 2 Article 332 (illegal transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine committed on the preliminary deal by the group of persons) of Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Investigation goes on.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/112133

17-01-2012

In 2011 Ministry of Interior detected 13,3 thousand illegal migrants on the territory of Ukraine, of them 13 thousand were expelled beyond the borders of the country.
This information was provided by the Minister of Interior Vitaliy Zakharchenko. According to his words, 1,8 thousand illegal migrants had to be deported from the country in forced order. He also marked that 55 thousand foreigners were called to administrative responsibility for the break of the legislation on legal status of the foreigners. In addition to that V.Zakharchenko mentioned that 20 thousand Ukrainians were also called to administrative responsibility violation of the present legislation as well as 1,3 thousand juridical persons.
Source: http://www.golosua.com/main/article/politika/20120117_iz-ukrainyi-vyidvoreno-13-tyisyach-nelegalov-mvd

16-01-2012

Due to watchfulness of border detail of BS “Chop” a person of Asian appearance was detained. The man was just going out of the train “Kharkiv-Uzhgorod” and tried to avoid the meeting with border guards. Soon, it was established that this person having no any documents was the citizen of Vietnam. The final point of the traveller’s destination had to be Slovakia Republic. So now his destiny will be decided by the court.

One more trespasser was detained by the border guards of BS “Uzhgorod”. He was the citizen of Nigeria. The man violated the rules on stay on the territory of Ukraine.

Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=141841&cat_id=48886

16-01-2012

Due to watchfulness of border detail during the control of the train “Kharkov-Uzhgorod” a man of Asian appearance was detected and detained, who tried to avoid the meeting with the border guards. In the result of detention it was established that this person without documents named Vietnam the country of his citizenship and the point of his destination had to be Slovakian Republic. But now his destiny will be decided by the court.

Source: http://ua-reporter.com/novosti/112005