11-11-2015

Border guards of Chop Detachment detained the citizen of Palestine intending to get to Slovakia through Transcarapathia in illegal way. In the area of BS “Uzhgorod” in the course of patrolling the locality, officers noticed a spy near the fence and a path of tracks lading towards the border. Thus, 100 m before the border line border guards traced and apprehended Palestinian assisted by the service dog. During the interview the man confessed in his intention to get to Europe. Administrative and procedural documents are composed as for the citizen of Palestine. The court is expected.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/181074

09-11-2015

The staff of SBGS in the Boryspil airport has fixed the next attempts of unlawful benefit on the part of the foreigners, who intended to avoid responsibility for the break of Ukrainian legislation. When checking in for the flight Kyiv-Almaty two citizens of Uzbekistan proposed a bribe in the amount of $50 to inspector of Border Service for each. Thus, foreigners wanted to be free from responsibility for violation of the rules on stay and registration on the territory of Ukraine.

Regarding these citizens, the protocols on administrative violation were composed and passed to competent bodies in established order.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_9190.htm

08-11- 2015

Operation “Border-2015” is continued on detection of illegal migrants and unlawful actions at the state border.

While measures conducted on verification of the ways and places of illegal migrants’ accumulation, the border guards of BS “Selyatyn” of Chernivtsi Detachment detected 10 illegal migrants.

First border guards apprehended 2 migrants. Soon, the searching group detected 5 more women, 1 man and 2 children without documents in one of the buildings in the suburb of village Selyatyn, who arrived from Afghanistan.

Lately, in connection with expected worsening of the weather conditions, the number of illegal migrants being detected at the borders on EU. Thus, just for a day border guards apprehended 16 illegal migrants at different areas of the border – originating from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The organizers of such channels, not thinking of risk for people, direct women as well as children to difficult accessible border places. In its turn, State Border Guard Service appeals to the residents of border areas in case of appearance of strangers or revealing other signs of movement of the organized groups inform immediately the nearest subdivision of SBGS or by phone.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_9181.htm

05-11-2015

Slovakian law enforcement agents once more have dispelled the myth about “fight enforcement with illegal migration” in Transcarpathia.

Three citizens of Bangladesh were detained on Monday nearby the village Zboi, Snina district.

The migrants crossed Ukrainian-Slovakian border, then they were apprehended by the Slovakian border guards. After clarification of the circumstances, migrants were handed to Ukrainina border guards.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180789   

04-11-2015

Two Iraqis without documents are detained in Transcarapathia and Ukrainian driver transporting them in the minibus Opel.

In a result of joint operations conducted by the officers of State Border Guard Service together with the interacting bodies, 2 citizens of Iraq without documents were detected. Border guards of Mukachevo Detachment and MOI officers detected them when checking minibus Opel at the check point in the village of Nyzhni Vorota in Transcarpathia.

The verification measures regarding two detected persons and man transporting them are conducted. It was reported by the Press Service of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180702

03-11-2015

Two Syrians without document were apprehended in Transcarapathia at night. They intended to get abroad by taxi.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine continues to take a complex of measures on counteraction to unlawful activity at the state border. Nowadays, special operations are performed attracting power authorities of not only our country as well as the neighboring ones. One of them is “Border-2015, the principle objective of which is fight against illegal migration. Border guards of Mukachevo Detachment of BS “Kosyno” stopped the car Mazda nearby the village of Velyka Byigan, which was moving towards the state border. There were two unfamiliar persons without documents and a taxi driver inside the car. The men introduced themselves as the citizens of Syria. Protocol on administrative violation was composed as to them. Their further destiny will be defined by the court.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180626

03-11-2015

Yong man will be judged for illegal transportation of 33 illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Syria through the state border. Public Prosecutor’s Office in Transcarpathian approved the Bill of Indictment regarding the citizen V., being accused in assistance to unlawful transportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine (Part 2 Article 332 of Crime Code of Ukraine). Pre-trial investigation has established that Transcarpathian resident transported 30 citizens of Afghanistan and 3 Syrians from Zhytomyr to Uzhgorod, hiding them in the refrigerator’s cabinet of his car. Law enforcement agents apprehended illegal migrants nearby the border line.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180652

01-11-2015

Representatives of Press-Centre of SBGS of Ukraine reported that border guards of Mukachevo Detachment apprehended 10 migrants from Sri Lanka, who intended to cross the state border in illegal way.

Refugees from Sri Lanka were apprehended in the evening on Saturday. One of the “travelers” was stopped by the border detail not far from the state border. Consequently, when conducting further searching measures two more groups were detected having no any documents. According to the words of the detainees, it was learned that they were the citizens of Sri Lanka and intended to get to the territory of one of the countries of European Union.

There is a tendency as to the number of refugees at the western borders of Ukraine to be increased after the EU countries and their neighbors closed their borders for migrants’ movement. Thus, statements about detainees from Asia at the border on European Union may become in the nearest time one of the topical themes in the news of our country. Besides, border guards of BS “Uzhgorod” of Chop Detachment informed about apprehension of the resident of Iran. He also attempted to cross the state border in illegal way.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180541

29-10-2015

Two cars driven by the citizens of Transcarpathia transporting illegal migrants were stopped nearby the state border, – it is reported by Press-Service of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

The citizens of Ukraine transported two migrants from Georgia. They confessed in their intention to cross the state border of Ukraine avoiding the check points. Procedural documents are composed as to the violators, which were passed to the court to define the measure of their punishment.

One more car was stopped by the border guards of Mukachevo Detachment at the control post “Nyzhni Vorota” in Transcarpathia. The driver, citizen of Ukraine, transported two citizens of Iraq and one from Sudan. Verification measures are undertaken as to them.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180397  

29-10-2015

In the frames of counteraction to illegal migration, law enforcement agents apprehended 16 migrants from Asia and 4 citizens of Turkey.

Operative subdivisions of State Border Guards Service in cooperation with other law enforcement agents continue measures directed upon counteraction and exposure of the channels of persons’ illegal transportation through the state border in the frames of operation “Border-2015”. Thus, in Kyiv the officers of Mobile Detachment of SBGS and SSU prevented the smuggling of 16 illegal migrants originating from southern-eastern Asia. On preliminary information, three of them were the citizens of Bangladesh, 5 – India, 8 more – from Pakistan. The foreigners were detained in one of the hostels in Darnytsya district. The law enforcement agents established that it was planned to transport them illegally to EU countries via western area of the border. At present, measures are continued on identification of the organizer of migrants’ illegal transportation.

Other travelers were stopped in Transcarpathia by the staff of Chop Border Detachment. Local residents warned border guards about appearance of unknown persons. Soon, border guards apprehended 2 citizens of Turkey with two children in the area of BS “Uzhgorod” nearby the border. The migrants planned to get to European countries in illegal way.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/180410