“Border blows the whistle to the government”
“the Government has extended the lifting of internal border controls, with reference to a heightened threat against Sweden.”
“But according to the border are not enough resources to be able to complete the mission – and the situation is so serious that it now blows the whistle to the justice department.”
“Last Wednesday traveled eight uzbeks in Sweden on a tourist visa. If the border police had had sufficient resources, they had probably been denied entry, ” says Robert Falk, a police inspector at the gränspolisenhetens moving kontrollsektion in Frihamnen in Stockholm.”
“– But rather, it was ”
“the People that claimed that they would greet a friend in Rinkeby to take the ferry back in the evening. And for this, they had tourist visas issued by the countries in the Baltic region.”
“Tourist visa in any of the EU countries give the right to short visits in the Schengen area. But at a closer inspection, it had still been able to challenge the purpose of entry in Sweden, believes Lindström, then, the documents showed that they had landed by plane in Vilnius, Lithuania, for just a day or so ago.”
“– Man does not fly from Uzbekistan, a trip half way around the globe, to land in the Baltic states and then directly go and visit a friend in Rinkeby in Sweden. It is nödlögner one ever uses, ” says Lindström.”
“He estimates that up to 2,000 uzbeks annually travelling to Sweden in this way – without the variable kontrollsektionen within the border police can really do something.”
“– We do not even have premises. In order to do a proper check so you have to keep questioning, and it is a whole process. We would not have time to be ready before the boat goes back to Riga again.”
“Ulf Rydström, chief of the border police in the region of Stockholm, confirms the picture. He calls the variable kontrollsektionen ”
“The lack of premises, computers and passläsare that can scan the documents to see if they are genuine and also give you more information about the person.”
“– Gränspolisens management team know this, and why they are not experiencing the same discomfort as Robert surprised me greatly. This should shake them into the foundations, ” says Rydström.”
“According to him, the situation is extra severe, given the purpose of the lifting of internal border controls, which the government decided on with reference to a heightened threat against Sweden.”
“Now he has blown the whistle to the justice department – and the hope of a reaction from there.”
“– It is gränskontrollenhetens managers who must tell the government that our resources are not able to carry out the decision. But I suspect that you have not spoken of this up, because it does not add any resources, ” says Rydström.”
“Lindstrom says that it is mostly black labour force that passes, but sometimes also international stöldligor and he does not exclude that it also can slip through potential terrorists.”
“Gränspolisernas concern is reinforced by citizens from the republic of Uzbekistan has been suspected in several terrormål the last few years. In an ongoing trial, there are several citizens of Uzbekistan before the court on suspicion of preparation of terrorist crimes. The terrordömde Rakhmat Akilov is also uzbek.”
“last week, revealed by the Kvällsposten that two Uzbek citizens working without permission at the airport as a cleaner in the police local, which is a skyddsklassat objects.”
“I can say this: We have everything other than control,” says Lindström.”
“From July 2, 2018, the police can perform border control in the ports of Ystad, Karlshamn, Karlskrona and Stockholm county.”
“the border checks can also be carried out in the Schengeninterna traffic at the airports of Arlanda, Bromma, Landvetter, Malmö and stockholm Skavsta.”
“The temporary internal border controls are carried out in Skåne, sweden at Hyllie station, the bridge abutment at Lernacken, Trelleborg port, port of Helsingborg and Malmö harbour.”
“The current decision about the enhanced border controls at the internal border as at 11 February 2019.”
“Sweden has previously been criticised by the Schengeninspektörer that in a classified report stated that Sweden has one of Europe’s worst border controls, according to the Kvällsposten, which last fall reported that they had taken part of the documents. The police then said to TT that it would develop a plan of action.”
