Border Guard in Szczecin: actions against 22 foreigners from Somalia and Eritrea in recent days

Last Friday and Saturday, Border Guard officers in Szczecin took action against eighteen citizens of Somalia and four citizens of Eritrea who were not allowed to enter the territory of Germany – informed the spokeswoman of the Commander of the Maritime Unit of the Border Guard.

"The foreigners were not allowed to enter Germany on June 20 this year due to the reintroduction of border controls. They did not meet the conditions for entry into the territory of this country. The legality of their stay was checked and administrative proceedings were initiated requiring them to return," the spokeswoman for the Commander of the Border Guard Maritime Unit, 2nd Lt. Katarzyna Przybysz, told PAP.

As she added, the foreigners were also subjected to a check of the legality of their stay and administrative proceedings were initiated obliging them to return. Until they are completed, they have the right to stay in Poland. They were also obliged to report to the Border Guard post in Szczecin once a week.

"Foreigners were offered assistance in the form of accommodation and food. Five Somali citizens took advantage of the assistance and were placed in one of the aid centers," Przybysz said.

On Sunday, the Provincial Police Headquarters in Szczecin announced that it had intervened against a group of foreigners. It stressed that the people identified had not committed any crimes and were taken to a Border Guard center.

Photos and video recordings of 10 foreigners staying in Żeromski Park in Szczecin and then on the streets of the Pogodno district were published on social media, including by Law and Justice politicians.

As reported by the Border Guard, due to the reintroduction of border control on the side of the Federal Republic of Germany, by 22 June the German services had not let in nearly 450 foreigners travelling from Poland to Germany within the area of ​​responsibility of the Border Guard Post in Szczecin.

(PAP)

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