Ukrainians in the 2nd quarter of 2015, took 1st place for illegal crossing of the Eastern borders of the European Union, besides a large portion of illegal immigrants from Ukraine amounted to smugglers, according to a report by the edge EU Agency Frontex.
"Ukrainians are responsible for a large proportion of 1, 4 thousands of illegal crossings of the Eastern border of Europe in the 2nd quarter of the current year ", - informs.
according to the Agency, was found 163 of the citizen of Ukraine, illegally entered the EU." one way or another, only nine cases were associated with illegal migration, while 55% are associated with smuggling, and an additional 39% - other reasons ", - stated in the report.
the share of citizens of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova account for 47% of illegal border crossings in the East of the EU. The remaining 53% is split between immigrants from other regions, for example, the Vietnamese and the Afghans.
in General, in the East of the European Union in the 2nd quarter of the year was found on 82% more Residents of third countries, illegally crossed the border of the European Union than in the 1st quarter, and 74% more in comparison with the same period in 2014. Frontex underlined that growth of indicators is due to the growing influx of Vietnamese and Afghans.
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