In the last 24 hours, Romanian Border Police officers detected and apprehended nine people, Pakistanis and Indians, trying to illegally cross the border in order to reach Schengen area.
Last evening, around 23.50, a surveillance
border patrol within Nadlac Border Police Sector, Arad County,
detected five people, males, walking towards Hungary. The five
people were apprehended at about 10 meters inside Romania compared
to the Hungarian territory, near Nadlac.
As a result of the investigations, was established the fact that
the aforementioned people are citizens of Pakistan and India, with
ages between 24 and 28 intending to reach Schengen area. The five
third country nationals stated that they traveled by car to Nadlac
and then walked, over the field till the moment of detection. They
used this method due to the fact that they had no visas for
Schengen area.
In the morning of 28 of April 2011, around 03.00
o'clock, Border Police officers within Sannicolau Mare Border
Police Sector, Timis County, detected four people in an opened
field at less than 200 meters away from the Hungarian border. Their
presence in the area was not justified.
Due to the fact that the aforementioned people did not speak
Romanian, they were taken to the premises of Sannicolau Mare Border
Police Sector, in order to sort out the situation. Here was
established the fact that they are Pakistanis, with ages between 24
and 33, trying to reach Hungary illegally. In the process of
investigations the third country nationals stated that their final
destination was Italy, in order to get a job there.
Romanian Border Police officers interrupted the journey of the aforementioned nine people and started an investigation as they are incriminated for illegal state border crossing attempt, at the end of the investigation the imposed legal measures being taken.