31-03-2016

Border guards of Chop Detachment together with the staff of National Police detained three citizens of Georgia at the railway station Batevo, which is 5 km from state border on Hungary.

During the document check by the inspector of Border Guard Service the Georgians told that they arrived to border town to meet some woman. Inspector stayed with migrants to see her also. However, the documents of the foreigners were in good state, the absence of the woman became a base of their arrival to the railway station, who aimed to cross the state border soon beyond the check point. Later on it was established that three friends came to Kyiv a week before. So far, the administrative documents are drawn considering them.

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30-03-2016

Seven foreigners violating Ukrainian legislation were apprehended in Kyiv at the Central Railway Station by the border guards of Separate Check Point “Kyiv” together with the representatives of SSU, National Police and Migration Service.

In the frames of planned inter-agency raid performance on detection of illegal migrant there were 7 natives of Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Syria, Afghanistan and Algeria without corresponding documents. Two persons had not documents at all, the rest showed only the certificates and copies of the documents for temporary residence. Detainees were passed to Migration Service for identification and establishment of infringement circumstances.

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30-03-2016

Foreign citizens are attracted to administrative responsibility for committed violations of stay in Ukraine. The staff of Head Department of Transcarpathian MSU detected three foreigners – citizens of Afghanistan and Libya in Uzhgorod in a result of railway station inspection conducted in the frames of target preventive actions under the conventional name “Migrant”. When checking documents it was established that the men had no permission document for staying in Ukraine. The foreigners were made responsible in administrative order for violated legislation.

In the course of the first week of jointly performed target preventive measures on supervision and control for keeping legislation in the migration sphere under the congenital name “Migrant”, the staff of Migration service together with policemen exposed 60 violators of migration law. Three foreigners got shortening of their term stay. As to 4 citizens – a decision was made on forced expel from Ukraine. In total, 31 illegal migrants were detected.

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27-03-2016

Seventeen illegal migrants were apprehended at night without any identifying documents. The group of illegal migrants (10 Afghanis and 7 Somalis) was caught 500 m before the line of the state border of Ukraine with Slovakian border. Local inhabitant was also detained with them, who performed a direct accompaniment of illegal migrants to the state border of Ukraine.

The foreigner intended to cross Ukrainian-Slovakian border in illegal way. Preliminarily this infringement was qualified as Part 2 Article 33 of Crime Code of Ukraine. It is punished by 3 to 7 years of imprisonment.

Investigation goes on.

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25-03-2016

Four citizens of India were detained at the border of Lvov and Transcarpathian regions at night by the border guards of B “Syanki”  guarded area at the border on Poland. When performing regime actions in the border line at the high way Lvov-Turka-Uzhgorod the border guards noticed the car approaching the post, then returned and moved towards the town of Turka. Considering the risk of transporting illegal migrants and quick return of the car just before the post, the border guards organized its search and pursuit. In some period of time reaction group caught up and stopped the car.

Suspicions of the border guards were confirmed as there were four men of South Asian appearance, without documents, inside except the driver. Border guards found out that the detainees were the citizens of India, and the driver of the car was 43-year-old resident of the town, which at the request of the foreigners drove them into the border area.

So far, the Indian citizens are detained in administrative order till establishment of identity and circumstances of the offense and they are placed at Detntion Centre in Mostiskyi Border Detachment. Regarding the driver of the car transporting the migrants a report on administrative offense was drawn under Art. 206-1 CCU “illegal transportation of foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of Ukraine”, the court will determine the sentence.

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25-03-2015

Border guards of Ukraine and Hungary conducted a special operation on detection and apprehension of illegal migrants in the frames of special measures taken on counteraction to the crimes at the state border.

According to information received by the border guards, the smugglers planned to transport some groups of persons through the border. Learning about possible movement of the migrants, the border guards detected two persons travelling towards Hungary 300 m before the border. The trespassers were aged persons and introduced themselves as the citizens of Afghanistan. During the interview border guards found out that smugglers delivered the woman and man to the border by car taking all their money, mobile phones and documents. Then, they took Afghanis deep into the forest. On Afghan’s demand to give them food and drink they started to shout at them and beat ordering to wait in the forest. Not waiting for the smugglers, migrants decided to move on their own. The border guards rendered them first medical aid, fed and provided with warm clothes. Emergency was called for the woman as she felt herself not well. After their state normalized the Afghanis were delivered to Detention Centre.

Meanwhile, Hungarian border guards due to information provided by the border guards of Mukachevo Detachment detained a citizen of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, who were transported to Hungary. Protocols were drawn on administrative violations as to the detainees in accordance with the Article 204-1of Crime Code of Ukraine.

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21-03-2016

Two Moldavians were detained by district inspector of BS “Novoselytsya” nearby the border in Transcarpathian region. The representatives of Public Formation informed the border guards about appearance of unfamiliar persons with rucksacks in the border area. Information was immediately passed to the nearest subdivisions and district inspectors of Border Service patrolling at this direction. In a result of searching actions the district inspector noticed and detained two unknown persons a kilometer before the Ukrainian-Slovakian border. The men making their way to Slovakia had no any documents and introduced themselves as the citizens of Moldova Republic. So far, the violators are delivered to border subdivision for their identification and drawing up administrative and procedural documents.

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18-03-2016

Public Prosecutor’s Office in Berehovo District Court proved Transcarpathian resident to be guilty in assistance to unlawful transportation of 8 citizens of Afghanistan through the state border of Ukraine on preliminary agreement by the group of persons (Part 2 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine).

It was proven that the Transcarpathian intentionally assisted to unlawful transportation of the group of Afghanis through the state border of Ukraine. However, mentioned persons were apprehended by border detail of BS “luzhanka” of Mukachevo Border detachment. Their smuggler was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment.

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17-03-2016

Border guards of Chop Detachment “Velykyi Bereznyi” detained the trespasser for illegal cross of the state border. Receiving information from Slovakian border guards about movement of unfamiliar person towards the Ukrainian state border the staff of State Border Guard Service immediately began searching actions. At first Ukrainian border guards found a hole in the fence and soon the service dog traced the violator. The man attempting to hide in the grass 800 m before the state border was apprehended. He did not have any identifying document. According to the man’s words he was a migrant from Chechnya and citizen of Russian Federation. So far, the detainee is delivered to subdivision for administrative protocol preparation and establishment of all circumstances.

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16-03-2016

The staff of State Border Guard Service together with the officials of Public Prosecutor’s Office disclosed an underground workshop in Odessa region, where potential migrants sewed clothes.

This deal exposure became possible due to long-term actions performed by operative officers of Odessa Border detachment. In particular, processing received data it was established that possible location of one of the illegal migrants’ group stayed in one of the private houses in the village of Prilimanskoe, Ovidiopolskyi district. Subsequently it was learned that also clothes were made in this area. The migrants had to work off in this workshop before the organizers of illegal migration would take them to the EU countries. Some groups of former “cutters” were detected by the border guards in the course of the last months at the western border.

14 citizens of Vietnam were detected during the premise search, who had no any documents. Sewing equipment for jackets of “Columbia” brand was also found.

So far, detained migrants were handed over to the representatives of State Migration service to clarify the legality basis of their stay within the territory of Ukraine. Investigations go on as well as persons involved in this infringement are established.

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