ORGANIZING DETENTION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPREHENDED BY THE STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the SBGS of Ukraine), as a special-purpose law-enforcement agency fulfills tasks that are directly aimed at securing, protecting and exercising rights and freedoms of individual persons. This is due to both the powers to fight offenses and to the fact that the state border guard bodies perform their activities in areas of migration flows. During 1991–2018, the state border guard bodies of Ukraine apprehended 152.25 thousand illegal migrants, among whom 124.17 thousand – for illegal border crossing, 26.63 thousand – for violation of the rules of stay on the territory of the country, 1.45 thousand – for other offences. Officials of the state border guard bodies made a decision on forced return, forced expulsion and readmission of 42.05 thousand foreigners – offenders. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine detained 2,054 illegal migrants in just 9 months of 2019 1 . The level of the threat of cross-border crime is estimated to be moderate but has a steady upward trend. Ukraine’s geographical location makes it attractive for the transit movement of illegal migrants and drugs. There are regular attempts at crossing the border by migrants and the illegal movement of goods 2 . Although the overall situation related to illegal migration through the Ukrainian territory remains stable, implementation of provisions of law-enforcement legislation based on generally accepted legal principles is of current interest. Respect for and observance of human rights and freedoms as a principle underlying activities of the bodies designed to control the