The Italian Border Police stops the entry of 90 passengers from non-Schengen countries

2023-05-27 12:50:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The Italian Border Police stops the entry of 90 passengers from non-Schengen

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The Border Police Office at Rimini Airport, Italy, through its control activity for non-Schengen passengers, has announced that at the beginning of 2023, it has managed to identify and return to the country of origin a total of 90 third-country nationals , mainly coming from Tirana.

As Geronimo Neës reports, the reasons for which they have not allowed these people to enter the national territory include the lack of adequate evidence proving the purpose and conditions of the stay, hotel reservations or health insurance for the trip.

Also, the border police discovered that after in-depth checks, some of the rejected persons had already stayed more than 90 days in the Schengen area, exceeding the maximum allowed limit, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports .

Some people, who claimed to be entering Italy for tourist purposes, were found during the investigation to be intending to enter the country for business or work purposes.

Several other individuals were refused entry because they posed a threat to public safety and order, as they had a criminal record that precluded their admission.

According to the police, careful checks of entry conditions have led to the identification of four foreigners who used fraudulent airline tickets to falsely represent their intention to leave Italy, when in fact the intention theirs was irregular stay in the country. An Albanian citizen also found a passport with forged stamps.

In some cases, police investigations revealed local accommodation establishments housing or employing foreign individuals who did not comply with residency regulations. The owners of these facilities were subsequently fined and reported for their regulatory violations.

Most recently, in all efforts by the police to counter the use of forged documentation by foreign nationals on direct flights to the UK, an Iranian national was caught. This individual, who was in possession of a fake Austrian passport, was attempting to board a direct flight to London.

At the end of December last year, Italian border authorities also stopped 50 people from entering its territory on suspicion that they intended to stay in Italy irregularly.

In this regard, the Rimini Border Police emphasized that of the 50 suspected persons, some of them have been convicted of crimes of particular social impact or have previously been banned from entering Italy.

Furthermore, in March of this year, Italy, together with countries such as Slovenia and Croatia, reached a tripartite agreement to try to better control illegal immigration, after an influx of migrants trying to enter irregularly was observed. in these countries./ CNA.al