The situation at the borders in the last 24 hours

On 20.02.2022, approximately 116,700 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 34,300 means of transport (out of which 11,900 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 59,500 people with 16,500 means of transport, and on the exit direction 57,200 people with 17,800 means of transport.

The busiest borders have been:

  • Border with Hungary - approximately 37,700 people and 15,800 means of transport;
  • Air border - approximately 37,600 people;
  • Border with Moldova - approximately 16,000 people and 5,600 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:

  • 38 illegal acts (18 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 61,600 lei;
  • the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 9,000 lei;
  • 25 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 8 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