03-09-2018
Another “seekers of better life” were detained last night by the border guards of Border Unit “Uzhhorod”, Chop Detachment.
The residents of the village Onokivtsi, Uzhhorod district informed the officers about the movement of unknown persons near the state border. Three Azerbaijani and one citizen of Bangladesh intended to cross the border beyond the checkpoints to get to Slovakia. Only one of the offenders had identifying document. However, all four foreigners confessed their intention to get to the EU with the purpose of illegal migration.
Currently, the border guards find out all circumstances of the crime and establish a circle of involved persons. The foreigners will be brought to the administrative responsibility under Part 2 Article 204-1 of AICU “Illegal cross or attempt to cross illegally the state border of Ukraine”.
The staff of State Border Guard Service together with the law enforcement agencies conduct the events on counteraction to illegal movement by the illegal migrants across the state border.
Four foreigners of Asian appearance were hiding in the private house in one of the central streets of Uzhhorod. Detainees had no any documents, however introduced themselves as the citizens of India. In the course of verification actions it was learned that the foreigners were waiting there for the persons to smuggle them illegally over the border in order to get to one of the EU countries. Currently, the law enforcers establish the persons involved in organization of foreigners’ illegal transportation over the border. According to this fact the criminal proceeding has been initiated under the Article 332 of the Crime Code of Ukraine “Illegal tranportation of persons through the state border of Ukraine’.