Detail of inspectors of SMVI stopped a car “Audi A4” on the road Kyiv-Chop between the villages Sytnoe and Mykhailovka, Rivne region. During the inspection of the car policemen saw three men. They were in the age of 35-40. Passengers did not have any documents identifying them. The men were detained. According to one of the versions, the foreigners were the citizens of republic of Afghanistan. Illegal migrants and transport means were sent to District Department of Police in order to clarify the details of their “travel” along Ukraine.
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477 foreign violators were detected in the course of operation in Odessa region
Problem of illegal migration appeared in Ukraine at once after collapse of Soviet Union – many families had relatives outside the country and vice verse, it caused transmigration of the citizens.
At the present moment, often the residents of the Asian countries try to get to the territory of Europe through Ukraine and there are also those who endeavour to be assimilated at the territory of Ukrainian state. Aiming at decrease of illegal migration flow, the law enforcement agents of Odessa region operative-preventive operation carried out in November. The goal of this activity is directed upon the prevention of legislation violation on legal status of the foreigners, discovering and stopping the crimes and other violations committed by the foreigners and persons without citizenship including those Ukrainian citizens participating in smuggling, control strengthening on creation and functioning of joint enterprises and companies, field of activity connected with foreign tourism, educational establishments that implement training of the foreigners and persons without citizenship.
In average during the day 460 workers of home affairs were participated in these activities. During these actions the following points of possible stay of foreign citizens were checked, namely: 127 – hotels, 160 – hostels, 2555 – private addresses, 48 – educational establishments, 19- tourist organizations, 113 – enterprises, 321 – markets, 222 – railway stations, 1729 – transport means. 477 facts of breach by the foreigners of rules on stay in Ukraine were detected. 216 illegal migrants were apprehended by the employees of bodies of home affairs. Materials issued on deportation from territory of Ukraine 226 foreigners as to who decisions were made about expel from the territory of Ukraine according to the Article 32 of Law of Ukraine “About legal status of foreigners”. In a compulsory order 26 foreigners were expelled (all of them were deported for the expenses of receiving side), out of them: citizens of Azerbaijan – 2; Georgia – 2; Congo – 1, PRC – 5; Moldova – 13; Russia – 3. 1 group of illegal migrants was detected in the composition of 4 citizens of Moldova. The term of stay in Ukraine was shortened to 46 foreign persons. Three crimes were discovered committed by the foreigners.
Border dog was able to stop two illegal migrants from Georgia
In the morning a man and a woman were detained in Transcarpathian region trying to get illegally to Slovakia. Electric alarm system went off on their movement and the nearest detail of detachment “Uzhgorod” rushed after them. The service dog Bessi helped law enforcement agents stop illegal migrants seeing which the travellers made up their mind to run. Detainees did not have documents; however they named themselves the citizens of Georgia being of the age 34 and 47, who arrived to Ukraine through the airport “Boryspil” on November 7. The violators confessed that they travelled without outside assistance. Now the identification measures are carried out.
Trip of Georgian migrants
10 illegal migrants from Georgia and two guides, who were engaged in transportation of the refugees through the Russian border, were detained at about 1 a.m. by the workers of department “Novoazovsk” of Donetsk Border Detachment. Having previous information about possible break nearby the village Kuznetsi, Donetsk region the border patrol had already been waiting for them. Man, four women and five children accompanied by two citizens of Mariupol were stealing to the border at night. After detention men were sent to border detachment, women and children are still under control in district hospital of Novoazovsk till case trial in the court. By the way, the older child is 8, and the youngest one is only one year old. For the present moment, it is established, that all citizens of Georgia arrived to Ukraine on legal basis through the airport “Boryspil” and then, according to their words, they intended to get to Chechnya. Such a detour they chose because they could not get to Russia legally having no visas.
During the last day the border guards detained 23 illegal migrants.
Source: http://pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=70862&cat_id=62916
Transcarpathian border guards detained 6 illegal migrants
Four men were detained by the border guards in the area of Border Service “Kosyno” of Mukachevo Detachment in the suburb of the village Goronglab. The violators had a certificate indicating that these persons are under procedure of problems solving on refugee status granting. Now detainees are in the temporary accommodation centre of Mukachevo Border Detachment.
In the area of Border Service “Velykyi Bereznyi” of Chop Detachment two citizens from Georgia (immigrants from Chechnya) were caught. They intended to get to Western Europe in order to find a job. Ukrainians assisted them in their trip taking them to the border and showing the direction of their further way according to which they would get to Slovakia. As in a previous case, detained persons are in TAC of Chop Detachment.
Rivne region “closed doors” before 15 illegal migrants
Foreigners who are engaged in unlawful trade, do not have corresponding document on employment, violate the rules of traffic and are not in a hurry to be registered fall more often into line of vision of police of Rivne region. For some time past a “flow” of Georgian citizens is noticed who usually migrate from Russian Federation where more strict conditions started to act as to their stay at the territory. In the course of operation “Migrant” implementation in period form October 26 to November 4 such persons were not detected in this region. However, policemen had a chance to communicate with illegal migrants of other nationalities – 2 Uzbeks, 7 Russians, 6 – Byelorussians, 1 – Azerbaijanian and 1 Moldavian. 15 of them were expelled from the country, and 17 more were shortened the term of stay in Ukraine. 71 persons were called for violation of legislation on legal status of the foreigners to administrative responsibility, 49 foreigners – for the violation of the rules on stay in Ukraine and transit trip through the territory, 19 citizens of Ukraine who assisted in employment of the foreigners. A family from Uzbekistan had to leave. They came to Rivne illegally and settled in a rented flat. This family had business at local market selling industrial goods without corresponding permissions and licenses. Usually immigrants from Uzbekistan make their way to Ukraine with their “brand” things as it is in demand here. Considering this family, a husband and a wife ignored decisions made on their voluntary expel in November of the last year and prohibition on their entrance for six months. Now, according to the decision of District Administrative Court they were deported in compulsory order banned to cross the border of our state for the nearest five years.
Workers of Service of Citizenship, Immigration and Registration of Physical persons are helped in detection of illegal migrants and foreigner-violators by the bodies of local self-government and mean residents.
Two illegal migrants from Moldova were detained in Uzhgorod railway station
Two citizens of Moldova were stopped for documents checking at railway station of regional centre of Transcarpathia, Uzhgorod. The foreigners had migration cards to Odessa. Later, it was cleared out that they came to Transcarpathia aiming at crossing Slovakian border. At Mukachevo railway station neighboring to Uzhgorod border guards detained 3 citizens of South-western Asia. The foreigners arrived to Transcarpathia by train from Kyiv. Two men were citizens of Pakistan, one – from Sri Lanka. Having no documents the border guards started procedure on their identification.
Counteraction to illegal migration is activated in Luhansk region
People of more than of a hundred nationalities live in Luhansk to whom it becomes almost motherland. There were never conflicts based on interethnic ground there. Every year hundred of foreigners on different purposes come here: for studies, on business, with religious missions and on personal affairs. In all cases when their stay does not contradict present legislation of Ukraine there is no limit to affability and hospitality on the part of Luhansk residents.
However, among the citizens of other states coming to the region there are persons who violate the laws of the country, live in the region illegally and even contrive “to come into the spotlight” in different crimes. That was the reason of complex operative-preventive activity implemented under the conditional name “Migrant” carried out by the workers of Citizenship Service, Immigration and Registration of Physical Persons.
What priority tasks were put before them in the course of operation?
At its practical level, a check of citizens of other states and persons without citizenship were carried out. Besides, the law enforcement agents were interested in keeping the legislation about law status of foreigners in Ukraine by the guests from CIS and other foreign countries. Besides, the efforts were directed upon detection among the guests of Luhansk region persons who do not have legal basis on stay at the territory of our state. There were about 50 of them in the region. 40 of them will have to leave the region the territory of Ukraine in compulsory order and return to their motherlands. Finally, according to the results, 300 administrative protocols were issued on violation of migration legislation which foreseen by the penalties.
In the course of operation the policemen also checked the commercial structures where foreign labour force can be used. It is mainly said about different building enterprises and organizations. More than 20 000 units were checked, 14 000 flats where according to present information the foreigners live. Diligent monitoring was also made at 793 markets and 355 railway stations. During the operation, more than tens of crimes committed by the foreigners were solved and documented. Two channels of illegal migration of the foreigners to Ukraine were revealed. Three foreign persons were detained who crossed the Ukrainian border on foot in the area attached to the district in Donetsk region. According to previous information these “guest” had significant reasons to make their way at the very night, all details concerning this case are now under investigation.
Very good assistance was given by the border guards. Due to joint efforts of policemen and their colleagues from State Border Service in Luhansk region a very “doubtful” person was successfully detained being a foreigner. This fact made clear that person organized illegal transportation of two young residents of the region through the border. Now a criminal case is commenced against him. One more foreigner was also engaged in analogous business whom the law enforcement agents had to detain. Due to him two citizens of Georgia crossed the state border illegally.
Such complex activities are planned to be organized in future. HAMIA addresses to local people of Luhansk region to inform about facts of illegal living of foreigners in the region.
Lutsenko wants to transform again Transcarpathia into settling of illegal migrants
During his last visit to Transcarpathia, Minister of Internal affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko complaining on the regional power that it does not give premises for bringing in additional number of interior troops said such a phrase: “We have a plan to get one of the military unit which is not used by Ministry of Defense in order to build camp for illegal migrants (meaning one in Transcarpathian region).
Taking into account that last year regional power finally achieved the closing of temporary accommodation centre for foreigners “Pavshyno” so such a statement of Minister alerted at once. Will a new temporary accommodation centre for illegal migrants be built in Transcarpathia?
Authorities of Transcarpathia do not hide disturbance, because these are not just the words – Yuriy Lutsenko undertakes concrete steps to make Transcarpathia again the settling of illegal migrants. In Kyiv, on the level of ministries – Internal Affairs and Defense – there are negotiations on transmission of military town nearby the village Dercen, Mukachevo district to make it temporary accommodation centre of illegal migrants. Thus, Transcarpathian Regional State Administration (RSA) is not informed about it and it is not asked about its opinion on this point.
At one time RSA occupied categorical position concerning the temporary accommodation centre “Pavshyno” – such an establishment can not be in the region because Transcarpathia borders on four countries of European Union. Disposition of temporary accommodation centre for illegal migrants only favours the increase of the migrants’ flow. After “Pavshyno” closing the number of attempts to cross the state border illegally decreased in the region, according to statistics for the period of 9 months 2009 979 illegal migrants were detained on the territory of Chop and Mukachevo Border Detachments and comparing the analogous period of the last year – this number comprises 1990. It is about half less!
The region tried to obtain the closing of “Pavshyno” and finally in the year 2008 this great temporary accommodation centre in Ukraine was closed. Certainly, special units are left attached to Border Detachments where detained illegal migrants are temporarily kept. They are quite enough: illegal migrants stay here for 10 days and then they are sent to specialized establishment in Volyn and Chernihiv. Mow minister wants again to create a new temporary accommodation centre in Transcarpathia. There is a suggestion – why it should be exactly in Dercen? In autumn 2001 Gennadiy Moskal being the chairman of Transcarpathian Regional State Administration had already made an attempt to create such a centre here. At that time he did not succeed to realize project because of sharp resistance of public. Now Transcarpathia obviously tends to make such a kind of “present” for the local residents together with the minister. They even had not an idea to reconstruct this military town for the flats for the military men and policemen. But the position of regional power is not changeable – it will not permit to build in the region a new temporary accommodation centre for illegal migrants. And in this sense it is supported by the local people of Transcarpathia.
Chechens were taken off the bus by Transcarpathian border guards
Border guards of Mukachevo Detachment at the check point “Delove” apprehended violators who travelled by bus “Kyiv-Tyachiv”. In a result of checking-filtration activities it was ascertained that these citizens got to Ukraine illegally from the territory of Russia. They also confessed that they intended to get to the countries of Western Europe.