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A number of 16 foreign citizens, of whom five are Pakistanis and 11 are Iraqis, who tried to illegally enter in Romania, with the purpose of reaching countries in the west of Europe have been detected on Monday by border policemen within the Territorial Inspectorate of Timisoara County Border Police.
"This morning, around 05:50 hrs, the border policemen of Naidas, Caras-Severin county, have started a specific action related to fighting illegal migration, following which they detected, on the route of Iam village, 11 foreign citizens who were heading from the border with Serbia towards the country. The persons in question, who didn't justify their presence in the area, were led at the Border Police headquarters for investigations," the release points out.
Within the preliminary checks it was established that the persons in question are Iraqi citizens - five men, four women (one of them stating she is pregnant) and two minors, aged between six and 34 years. The persons in question claim that they tried to illegally cross the border from Serbia to Romania, with the intention of reaching countries located in the west of Europe. In this case, investigations are conducted under the charge of fraudulent crossing the state border, the necessary measures are to be taken when the investigation is complete.
On Monday morning also, border policemen within the Sector of Lunga Border Police, in cooperation with policemen within the Precinct 12 of Periam Police have detected, a little before 05:500 hrs, near the Grabat border village, five foreign citizens who couldn't justify their presence in the area.
Following checks it was established that the citizens are from Pakistan, also men, aged between 22 and 30 years, who had no identification documents on them. In this case, investigations are conducted under the charge of fraudulent crossing the state border and necessary measures are to be taken when the investigation is complete.
