Monthly Archive for October, 2014

BMPU media monitoring: Violator was apprehended in Transcarpathia taking two little children over the border

Published on October 27, 2014 in Uncategorized. Closed

Source: http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_5195.htm

1-2In the frames of activities aimed on counteraction to illegal migration, border guards of Chop Detachment detected illegal migrants from Asia last weekend.

The man and two children – 6-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy were stopped by the law enforcement agents in the area of BS “Uzhgorod”. According to the words of the man, he and his children, who, by the way, were dressed in light clothes, were the migrants from Iran. No document was presented, however, he mentioned that they made their way to Slovakia, and from there they intended to get to Austria. The route through the border had been planned already in Iran by means of the Internet.

The border guards delivered the violators to the subdivision. In a result of medical examination it was established that the health state of the father and his children is satisfactory. So far, their personalities are under establishment. The further destiny of the detainees will be defined by the court.

 

Protest in Mukachevo open centre for asylum-seekers and refugees

Published on October 14, 2014 in Uncategorized. Closed

In Transcarpatia two (open) Temporary Accommodation Centres (TACs) are existing: One is located in Mukachevo  (total capacity: 70 persons, 22 rooms), another one in Perechyn (total capacity: 50 persons, 18 rooms). Both centres are housing asylum-seekers and persons, who already received a residence permit based on their asylum application. Single men and women, unaccompanied minors and families are living  there (in Perechyn only families). The centres are run by the state migration service with the support of a local NGO, which is an UNHCR implementing partner.

On the 19th of September, the inhabitants of the Mukachevo centre started to protest by doing a hunger-strike. Their criticism was referring to:

1. Structural defects: In some rooms it is raining in because of holes in the roof.
2. Not enough food and bad quality of the food.
3. Bad health care, for example they are not allowed to call the ambulance.
4. Bad behaviour of some of the employed (for example they call black people “monkeys”).
5. The administration of the camp advised two Sudanese inhabitants not the leave the camp after 10 o-clock and refused to call the police and the ambulance, after the Sudanese had been beaten up by locals in the town.
6. No/low quality (of) language courses for the children.
7. Problems within the program, which should support them to open up small businesses.
8. Pressure to leave the camp without offering an alternative.

In the meantime, the inhabitants of the Mukachevo camp stopped their hunger strike and started talks with UNHCR. BMPU will continue to monitor the situation in Mukachevo and report on the next developments.

Recently published by BMPU: Report on Corruption in the Immigration, Detention and Asylum System of Ukraine

Published 2011 by BMPU: Access to Protection Denied – Refoulement of Refugees and Minors on the Eastern Borders of the EU

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