The situation at the borders in the last 24 hours

On 01.11.2021, approximately 96,600 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 28,500 means of transport (out of which 10,200 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 58,700 people with 46,300 means of transport, and on the exit direction 50,300 people with 15,500 means of transport.

The busiest borders have been:

  • Air border - approximately  34,900
  • Border with Hungary - approximately 29,200 people and 12,500 means of transport.
  • Border with Moldova - approximately 13,600 people and 5,100 means of transport.

The border police are working at the maximum capacity allowed by the infrastructure of the crossing points. We recommend to the traffic participants the transit of all points open to international traffic, so as to avoid the occurrence of overloads of only some of them.

Information on the situation of border points open to international traffic can be found on the online Traffic application which can be accessed at http://www.politiadefrontiera.ro/traficonline/.

Regarding the specific activities, in the areas of competence - the crossing points and the “green border” - the border guards found:

  • 44 illegal acts (24 crimes and 20 contraventions) committed by both Romanian and foreign citizens;
  • undeclared goods (which were to be illegally introduced into the country) were discovered, independently or in collaboration with other institutions), which exceeded the customs allowed limit or suspected to be counterfeit, in a total value of approximately 255,000 lei;
  • the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 17,700 lei.
  • 19 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 12 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.

The Romanian Border Police s the specialized state institution which carries out the attributions appertaining to it and referring to the surveillance and control of the crossing of the state border ... read more