“More than 59,000 refusals to leave the country were recorded in Ukraine in 2024. The DPSU reports on 59,000 refusals to cross the border since the beginning of 2024, mostly men aged 18-60. The most violations are recorded on the border with Romania and Moldova, there is a decrease in illegal crossing attempts.”, — write on: unn.ua
This was said by the spokesman of the DPSU Andriy Demchenko during the briefing, he reports UNN.
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In 2024, almost 59,000 citizens of Ukraine were refused permission to cross the border to leave Ukraine. Most of them are men between the ages of 18 and 60, because these categories are generally, during the martial law, temporarily restricted from leaving the borders of Ukraine, and actually they did not fall under the conditions and categories of citizens who are allowed to leave Ukraine during the martial law
According to Demchenko, often citizens simply did not have documents. But there were also cases when they could not confirm the purpose of their trip. In addition, border crossing violations continue to be recorded.
Every day we can detect from 2 to 10 violators who try to use fake documents or falsify the condition of their departure. At the same time, the majority of attempts to illegally cross the border are, of course, recorded outside the checkpoints, that is, on the green section of the border
In addition, Demchenko emphasized that the border with Romania and Moldova are the active areas where violators are detained the most. But the borders with Slovakia and Hungary have less dynamics. The least number of attempts to cross the border on the green section of the border is observed on the border with Poland. However, in recent months there has been a decrease in the number of violators, particularly in December and November.
If we recall December and November, the decrease in those willing to cross the border fell by about 14%. And if you compare December with July, this is a 40% decrease. Recently, unfavorable weather conditions have contributed to this
Demchenko also noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 50 people have died trying to cross the border illegally.
We will remind
The State Border Service reports a decrease in attempts to cross the border illegally in recent days. Violators use various disguises, including special equipment and joining funeral processions.