27-02-2015

As it was stated by Arpad Yanosh Potapi, State Secretary of Hungary, responsible for national policy in the Hungarian government, almost 100 000 persons from Transcarpathian region took citizenship of Hungary on simplified procedure. According to his estimate, Hungary has got 670 000 new citizens from countries neighboring to Hungary under this procedure. In total, 710 00 foreigners submitted applications on this point.

“66% of new citizens of Hungary are from Transylvania, 17% – from Vojvodina, 14% – from Transcarpathia”, – it was reported by Arpad Yanosh Potapi.

Fund of Gabor Betlen supports foreign Hungarians, having its branch also in Transcarpathia. The Hungarian budget provided 17.5 billion forint for its activity for the year 2015. About 100 000 ethnic Hungarians applied for Hungarian citizenship and almost 94 thousand of them were granted this status, – these are 14% residents from Transcarpathia.

As Arpad Yanosh Potapi confirms, Hungarian authority plans to spend in total 17.6 billion forint as assistance of Hungarian Diaspora abroad.

Concerning the governmental program, he said, that in 2015 the program would include Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain in addition to 24 countries engaged in it last year. The program is focused on the relations strengthening by means of assistance to national culture via language courses and other cultural activities. Last year, the state budget allotted 1 billion forint on this program.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/165673

27-02-2015

In the course of the operation, agents of the Service on Human Trafficking Combating of Transcarpathian Police together with the staff of the Road Inspection stopped two cars (of Kyiv and Transcarpathian registration) at the police post bordering on Lviv region.

The cars were driven by two residents of Mukachevo district of the age 34 and 41, both are taxi drivers in one of the Mukachevo private services. There were four young citizens of Iraq without any documents inside the car. They were first delivered to Svalyava District Police department, where their personalities were established, and then to Migration Service.

As it was established, these Iraqis arrived to Transcarpathia from Odessa aiming at further trip to the countries of the Western Europe. The taxi drivers stated that these men stopped them on the way to Mukachevo and asked to make a voyage to be acquainted with the local landscapes…

So far, the law enforcement agents are establishing the circle of persons involved in this smuggling channel. The violation was registered in the Single Records Book of Svalyava AMOI, investigation of this fact is under consideration.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/165714

27-02-2015

As it is stated in the Regional Headquarters on issues of social welfare of the citizens displaced from the temporary occupied territories and areas of ATO realization, as of February 27 there are 3484 persons temporarily accommodating in Transcarpathian region. In particular, 276 persons arrived from the annexed Crimea, and 3208 moved from the areas of anti-terroristic operation occurring. Of them 1489 are capable persons (476 men and 1013 women), 950 – children and 1045 – handicapped and aged people. In contrast, as of the beginning of the year 2015 its number comprised 3164 persons, of them 2911 were the citizens from ATO.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/165742

26-02-2015

Border guards of separate check point “Kyiv” in the airport “Boryspil” detained a passenger with someone’s passport of the citizen of Finland. The girl arrived by the flight from United Arab Emirates presenting her passport for check, which did not belong to her. The “traveler” planned to get to Helsinki. Soon, the girl made complaints on her stomach ache and stated about her pregnancy. After woman’s examination, the doctors refuted the arguments as to her pregnancy, and the girl’s state was recognized as satisfactory.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_6197.htm

26 -02- 2015

Border guards of BS “Krakovets” detained a man nearby the Ukrainian-Polish border, who was traveling beyond the check point to Poland. Detainee reported that he was the citizen of Kazakhstan, however, he did not have documents. As usually, the reason of such a trip was planning of further employment in one of the European countries. The man was apprehended till identification of his personality and documents of administrative violation were prepared for the attempt to cross the state border of Ukraine.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_6199.htm

23-02-2015

“Hungary does not need any economic migrants and it has not to become a target country for them”, – it was stated by the State Secretary of Ministry of Interior Karoy Kontrat, calling to national consensus on this issue.

Addressing to the Parliament at the hearings on this issue initiated by the ruling Party “Fides”, Kontrat marked that Hungary could not take such a burden. He stated that increase in the number of illegal migrants for the last years.
Kontrat reports that part of them are not the real refugees, as they arrive from the countries, where there is no any war and they do not expose to any pursuit.

Currently, Hungary is a transit country for migrants, however, soon it may become the principal target if no effective decision will be made to regulate the wave of the refugees from Kosovo.

Kontrat provided with the data concerning the detention of 30 436 illegal migrants by Hungary Police since the beginning of the year, 25468 of them arrived from Kosovo.

In the year 2014, the half number of persons seeking asylum, 21 000 persons were from Kosovo and 20% (more than 8700) – the citizens of Afghanistan. The majority of the migrants arrive from the crisis zones such as Syria and Somalia.

Kontrat regards that EU shall adopt strict measures concerning immigration policy, asserting that the present rules “are weak and they may be abused”.

In 2014 Hungary spent 2.6 billion forints for foreigners’ registration (in 2012 – 1.1 billion forint).

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/165325

20-02-2015

The first 40 Ukrainian Czechs will arrive to Czech Republic by the special governmental flight on March 15, 2015. The next group of displaced persons of Czech origin is coming by buses. The Czech Republic will accept the first wave in about 135 persons.

It was informed by the Minister of Interior of CR Milan Khovanets. Mission on resettlement of the ethnic Czechs from the territory of Ukraine was named ad “Odessa”. Its purpose is a return to the historical homeland of the population with Czech roots and their provision with more worth life conditions. Immediately after the arrival, the displaced persons will be provided with the temporary housing belonging to the Ministry of Interior.

All arrived repatriates Czech authorities will grant to all arrived repatriates the free dwelling for the term of 6-12 months, single payment in the amount of 50 thousand koruna for adults and 20 thousand koruna for minors, counseling on employment. Altogether, the government intends to pay about 188 thousand koruna for assistance to one country fellow.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/165236

18-02-2015

Almost every day border guards of separate check point “Kyiv” in the airport Boryspil detect the violators intending to cross Ukrainian border using forged or someone’s documents. Thus, border guards disclosed violators trying to cross the state border in illegal way in the course of the border control of the transit passengers arriving by the flight “Istanbul-Kyiv”. However, the officers of State Border Guards Service prevented the Syrian woman to use someone’s passport of the citizen of Great Britain. The violator will be sent by a return fly.

Source:  http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_6104.htm

16-02- 2015

Border guards of separate security check point “Boryspil” detained a group of persons intending to get to Ukraine with forged documents. The violators were detected among the passengers arrived from the United Arab Emirates. One of the passengers arrived together with her 5 children and submitted the passports of the citizens of Denmark and Bulgaria for the passport control. However, the border guards discovered the false documents at once. 43-year-old mother explained that her husband provided them with these passports and she planned to settle in Ukraine soon. They will be returned by the fly back to the country of departure.

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_6075.htm

11-02-2015

In the year 2014, in total there were 1156 applications submitted by the migrants with request to provide them with international protection and grant them refugee status. In majority cases these were the citizens of Ukraine (515), Syria (108) and Vietnam (64).

Also it was reported that resettlement to the ancestral territory of Volyn Czechs had already been decided. The first of them could move already in the first part of March. It was informed in the frames of the meeting with the deputies of Czech Migration Policy by the Minister of Interior of Czech Republic Milan Khovanets.

Source: http://www.ua-reporter.com/novosti/164619