16-03-2016

Border guards of Chop Detachment stopped illegal exit of Turkish citizen abroad. Thus, making the way to Slovakia through the check point “Uzhgorod” the man provided document of the citizen of Turkey for passport control causing the border detail to doubt. In a result of in-depth examination by means of special technical means of border control it was established that the page with constituent data was false.

National Police was informed on this point. So far, the persons in the Temporary Detention Centre until his personality identification. Regarding the detainee a protocol is prepared in accordance with the article 204-1 of Administrative Infringement Code of Ukraine “Illegal cross or attempt to cross the state border of Ukraine in illegal way”.

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11-03-2016

Almost 500 local residents protested against the resettlement of 250 Syrian refugees to the town, arrival of whom is expected to be in April-May. The activists of Public Corpus “Azov” participated in the mass meeting. The residents of Yagotyn are indignant by the decision of the authorities. “They are afraid to have aliens in their town as they are threatened to be infected by dangerous diseases and worsening of criminogenic situation as it happened in the countries of European Union. They suppose that it will be more logically to accept the internally displaced persons from the east of Ukraine, who need help.” – it was said in the statement.

The car of the representative of state Migration service Nataliya Naumenko was bombarded with eggs.

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08-03-2016

Police apprehended four illegal migrants being involved in car accident nearby the Hungarian border. As it was reported by law enforcement agents, four illegal migrants from Afghanistan intended to reach the territory of Hungary through the Ukrainian border. They were transported by car. The driver failed to control the car properly not far from Ukrainian-Hungarian border nearby the village of Batevo and cut into the tree. The smuggler escaped and left the wards at the place of the accident.

The law enforcement agents established that the men stayed on the territory of Ukraine illegally. They introduced themselves as the citizens of Afghanistan. One is 26 and the other – 22 years old. Two other passengers refused to tell any information about themselves. The migrants were sent to Mukachevo Border Detachment, and their cars were delivered to special place of Berehovo Police Department. The driver is searched.

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06-03-2016

A group composed of five illegal migrants – two Somalis and three Vietnamese were apprehended in the suburb of Uzhgorod at the Ukrainian-Slovakian border.

As it was managed to establish, the groups was living for a certain period in the vicinity of the capital, and from there they intended to get to the west of Ukraine by taxi. They planned to reach Slovakia from here, and the final point of destination of their trip had to be Germany. The migrants wanted to stay there hoping to be granted social payments.

However, their illegal journey was stopped by law enforcement agents nearby the Slovakian border. Administrative protocol was prepared as to the detainees in compliance with the Article 204 of Ukrainian Code on Administrative Infringements (Illegal cross or state border illegal crossing attempt). So far, the group of illegal migrants is in the Chop Border Detachment.

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05-03-2016

Border guards of BS “Luzhanka” of Mukachevo Detachment detained two migrants from Syria, who were looking for better destiny in one of EU countries. Information about suspicious persons was received by the border guards from the person intending to cross the border. in particular, the man reported the law enforcement agents that he made his way to the check point “Luzhanka” and watched persons moving towards the state border.

In a result of received data realization two persons were apprehended. They had no any documents. In the course of conducted filtration actions they introduced themselves as the citizens of Syria. Also, one of the detainees has been residing in Ukraine for almost 11 years, and decided to try getting to one the countries of European Union. So far, detainees are delivered to detention centre, their further destiny will be determined by the court.

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05-03-2016

Transcarpathian border guards detained seven illegal migrants a kilometer before Slovakia.

Police together with the border guards detected 7 persons (4 men and 3 women) without any documents nearby the village of Malyi Bereznyi in the distance of 1 km to Ukrainian-Slovakian border. They introduced themselves as citizens of Vietnam. Detected illegal migrants were handed to Chop Border Detachment for their identification.

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04-03-2016

There were 225 asylum applications in Estonia in 2015 (in 2014 – 145), 95 citizens of Ukraine were out of this number. The citizens of Iraq and Syria applied 15 requests, what makes a little less than 13% of total number of applications. According to the official data of Eurostat Static Agency more than 1.25 million citizens from the third countries, namely, Syrians, Afghanis and Iraqis applied for asylum in the countries of European Union for the year 2015.  Last year Estonia was almost on the last place in the list of EU countries. The least number only was give by Croatia, where 140 persons achieved asylum. The greatest number was fixed in Germany, Hungary and Sweden – correspondingly 441,8 ths., 174.4 ths. And 156.1 ths. applications.

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02-03-2016

The fortune of visa free regime and Ukraine’s integration to EU is decided in high corridors of Brussels or at the referendum in the Netherlands. The last word may become of the Yagotyn’s residents, where authorities plan to accommodate the first part of 250 Syrian refugees. Kyiv’s goodwill gesture towards EU gains scandalous steams and threatens to put an end to European future of Ukraine.

Ukraine Commits itself

Building for medical schools and hostels had to be completed thirteen years ago in Yagotyn. Because of country’s poorness the project was put on the shelf and construction fulfilment was handed over from one department to another one until in 2004 it appeared to be on the balance of State Migration Service of MOI.

Unfinished building would stay in such a state if European integration of Ukraine stepped upon the principally new level.

On December 22, 2010 a historical agreement “Action Plan on Visa Regime Liberalization” was signed at the EU-Ukraine Summit. Middling well the bureaucratic machine has been launched and so far there is the Ukrainian President’s Order already in five months (April 22) “About National Plan on Action Plan Realization of Visa Regime Liberalization by European Union”.
A statement for MOI, State Migration Service and Kyiv Regional Administration was mentioned in the Item 22 – “provide operation of Temporary Holding Facility for refugees in the town of Yagotyn”.

A matter on Centre’s creation in Yagotyn was not limited to this document. On August 22, 2012 a decree of Cabinet of Ministers No. 605-r was issued considering the approval of Action Plan on refugees integration into Ukrainian society up to 2020.

It was said that Yagotyn Refugee Centre would be designed for children-refugees, single women and pregnant women as well as for “persons in need of subsidiary protection” in other words healthy men of conscription age and not only.

European Migrants

European Union took the migration heat. Of 232 million residents of the planet (3% of world population) are migrants, majority of them stay in Europe – 72.4 ml. Ethnic uniform space on the level of European countries turns to be a “melting pot” similar to the USA and Canada. Ukraine has also positive migration growth even not being the priority in the international migration flows.

Nowadays, according to the official statistics as to January 1, 2016 there are 251 ths. migrants registered in Ukraine. In 2015 there were 5 111 detained illegal migrants.

European Hospitality for Ukrainians

There is also a place for Ukrainians in Europe. There were 153,4 ths. Ukrainians in Germany in 2013, in Italy -192,3 ths., Czech Republic – 107,7 ths., Spain – 84 ths., Portugal – 44 ths.

It was mentioned in the report of European Commission for 2012 that Ukrainians possessed the first place in the top of those being granted stay permits in EU countries. In the course of the year 204 ths. permissions were issued to them.

It is natural enough that Europe has been waiting for the response steps on the part of Ukraine. Thus, it is not surprising that the State Migration Service reported in September 2015 about Ukraine’s readiness to assist Europe in solving migration crisis and accept refugees at its territory.

Yagotyn is against

Almost all residents stand against the settlement of 250 refugees. It is arguable that motivation and feelings of the town people are representation for the entire Ukraine. Dominating position is a complete non-acceptance of Syrian refugees’ settlement in the town. The descendants of six thousand-year civilization and Bible people – Syrians in Orthodox Ukraine, according to the residents’ words were defined as the source of crime and sanitary dangerous infection.

Somehow true objections were sounded on the higher level of discussion – we have no place to accommodate displaced persons from Donbass, ATO members and here is one more help to refugees.

The representative of State Migration Service while communicating with the Yagotyn people promised European assistance, grants, opportunities for joint language learning by Syrian and Ukrainian children as well as computer classes.

“Everybody has its country” – the resident of Ygotyn tells coming to the town’s meeting. We can’t but agree. Let’s look into the matter honestly.

Is Ukraine a European Country?

It is heard from the parliament tribunes, screens and Mass Media pages that: Ukraine is European country, “Maidan” was for Europe.

It is interesting, God help you if a war starts in Armenia and Ukraine will be filled with Armenian refugees, would we take them to the source of sanitary infection and criminality? How would we look into the eyes of country fellows of Sergei Nigoyan, who was the first to die for European Ukraine? Probably, we think that we are “white” and right migrants, and we shall get a paved carpet walk to Europe. And in the eyes of those Polish people we are still the same “black” and the matter is not in historical prejudices, but in modern religions. We still cannot understand that European liberal ideology has not separated migrants into “white Christians” and “black Muslims” since 1945, wishing so. We are equal. From the side the situations looks like the following – we have a stranglehold on Brussel’s throat begging for visa free regime, signed the ratified bulk of agreements and even laws were adopted on corruption.

Moreover, we have already been given a green light from EU and became the leaders in visas granting. We have been requested just a smidgen – accept 250 Syrians – show us that you share the values with European Union not only in words. And the thing happened.

What Yagotyn is Right in?

Are citizens of Yagotyn guilty in their decision not to admit the migrants? No, they are not. Let us be honest, they – we are, it is me and my neighbors.

Is there much job opportunities in Yagotyn, is local Police able to protect people from “native” criminality, how are the Yagotyns treated in the local hospital and taught in schools? The same as within the entire Ukraine – anyhow.

Generally speaking the resident of Yagotyn are indifferent to “Schengen” – having such salaries and pensions it is hardly enough for the bus to Kiev.

Our authorities, not getting out of “Brussels”, decided that everything is OK and before the elections we will report about visa free regime. It won’t happen.

Surely, money for their keeping is received from EU according to European standards, and not to Ukrainian social ones. Especially, the Centre is planned to be a showpiece. It means that every Syrian family will have income (being unemployed) exceeding the salaried of the Yagotyn residents in several times.

Europe is guilty that Ukrainian government has made its people to be in such a state, that refugees will feel themselves among Ukrainians like Rome patricians among the common people.

Black Council

On March 11, 2016 modern Ukrainian “Black Council” (Chernaya Rada) takes place, where people  will report their solid “no” to Syrian refugees.

Populists, nationalists, antiglobalists, Ukrainian parties and other persons will join the event. Europe will breathe freely and will not behave being worried much by “Ukrainian problem”. Once there are just racists, so the issue on corruption may be put aside for better times, it will not stand on the way of visa free regime.

And now there is a test for European. Close your eyes and ask yourself quietly – do I wish to have neighbors of 250 refugees from Syria next to my house and their children to attend the school with mine?

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01-03-2016

Migrants from Syria are getting to Ukraine

Migrants from Syria may be settled in Kyiv region, local residents and nationalistic organization are totally against.

Scandal aroused in Ukraine in a result of Refugee Centre construction in Kyiv region.

Local residents and nationalistic organizations strongly oppose commissioning of the Centre for migrants from the Near East. The authority stresses that camp construction is an obligation of Ukraine before EU necessary for introduction of visa free regime with Europe.

Long-established obligation

Refugee centre will soon be opened in the town of Yagotyn, Kyiv region. It is designed for more than 200 persons. The first part of the centre will be opened in spring. It is designed for 100 persons.

State Migration Service mentions that already in 2002 Ukraine has become liable to protect refugees, refusal to open the Centre may influence upon granting visa free regime to Ukraine.

Migration Service supposes that refugees’ settlement in Yagotyn is favorable for local inhabitants as everything created here will be on the basis of European grants and funds.

“This Centre may become a public visiting card. It is planned to lodge families with kids. The children will attend school, they will communicate with Ukrainian children. Social project on English language learning is possible as well as interactive classes, computer classes. All this will be based upon European grants and at the expense of European costs. This is also an opportunity for additional working places for the residents” – it was said by the Department.

Migrants from Syria are expected

The migrants will be accommodated in the uncompleted hostel, where before it had been planned to lodge victims of Chernobyl. The construction works inside are at the final stage. It was urgently finalized in October. Financing was performed by European Union and state budget. Almost 34 ml UAH was allotted for this Centre equipping.

Director of Refugees Acceptance Centre from the Nearer East reports that only those foreigners will be lodged here, who have been granted an appropriate status by Ukrainian government.

Local residents go against

Regional Council Deputy Armen Shaharyants says that Yagotyn will not withstand such an inflow of Syrians.

“There are 18 thousand people in the town. Refugees in number of 250 will be a disaster for the city – the deputy noted. – At the time when full Europe refuses from refugees, when they behaved in such a way in Germany, in France, and even in small Belgium – the happiest country in the world, we are forced to accept them.”

Also, people are afraid of antisocial behavior, disease and crime level increase in the town. It is said in the Town Council that Migration Service is interested neither in the opinion of the government nor local residents. Mayor Natalia Dzjuba says that she understands people from Europe, Asia and other countries of the world, who had to leave their houses due to the obvious reasons, but we must think of ours. The part of the building is for refugees and other block “B” is for internally displaced persons from the east of Ukraine.”

Local residents even made a public meeting against refugees’ accommodation in Yagotyn, however no any results of this protest. The representatives of Migration service only promised to be interested in public’s opinion.

Nationalists are indignant

The Right Sector is against the Centre opening as well as the Nationalist Organization “C 14”. This subject is also keenly debated in Ukrainian social networks.

“Neither Migration Service nor the Cabinet of Ministers have asked the residents of Yagotyn – whether they are glad to have construction of such a Centre in exchange for the mythical opportunity to travel to Europe … The Refugee Centre opening is extolled by the Cabinet of Ministers in full, which must justify itself for the costs received before the EU, but these are stupidly wasted money, “- the Right Sector noted.

The RS cites the example of Germany, where migrants attacked the women, and rises indignation as to fact that the authorities wish to fill Kiev region with “foreigners professing alien culture and traditions, who are not ready to follow the local living rules.”

The Party reminds that the authorities refuse to equip the foreigners who fought in the composition of volunteer battalions in Donbass – ” Ukrainian government makes a choice between their front figures and Africans with the Syrians towards the last in favor of Brussels” – activists summed up.

According to the Migration Service, as of January 1, 2016 there are about 2 500 recognized refugees residing  in Ukraine, and about 600 people who are in need of subsidiary protection.

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29-02-2016

The border guards of Chop Detachment stopped a group of foreigners to check documents at the Uzhgorod railway station. It was a young family from Turkey with four children.

According to the Turks’ words they arrived to Ukraine in the beginning of February through Boryspil Airport, then came to Lvov and afterwards to Uzhgorod by train. The final point of their destination had to be Germany. However, in the course of the document check it was established that their documents as well as visas were forged. The head of the family confessed in his paying for this visa for $300 in Lvov… so far, the Turks are at Chop Detention Centre. The case circumstances are under verification.

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