Foreign citizens from Nepal and Afghanistan were found attempting to illegally cross the border into Serbia, the Timisoara Territorial Border Police Inspectorate (ITPF) informs in a press release.
All 30 migrants admitted to attempting to illegally cross the border from Romania to Serbia, with the intention of reaching various states in Western Europe, ITPF Timisoara said.
On Friday about 500m from the border, on the direction of the border village Iohanisfeld, a massive group of people moving from inside the country to the border with Serbia.
With the help of drones, 24 foreign citizens who were in the high crops of the fields were spotted. During preliminary checks, border police found that those in question are from Nepal and Afghanistan, aged between 18 and 43.
Also, on Friday evening, two other people, Nepalese citizens, who were moving towards the border with Serbia, were detained by border police.
On Saturday morning, border police detained four more people, also from Nepal, who were moving towards the border with Serbia.
One reason for Romania’s not having been accepted into the Schengen Zone is attributed to this migrant passing problem.
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