“The Swedish migration board examines the Turkish passport”
“the migration board has made extrakontroller on all Turkish passport in the cases that the agency handles. This after the alarm about counterfeiting, reports SVT.”
“– We have examined approximately 400 pass then in the fall and a smaller part of them, less than ten per cent, are counterfeit, ” says Magnus Bengtsson, the process for asylum cases at the Swedish migration board to Swedish television SVT.”
“the Fakes have polisanmälts and the Swedish migration board state that the counterfeits are very advanced.”
” It’s not anyone that can make this good quality. It requires very good equipment and access to technology to succeed in this good, ” says Magnus Bengtsson.”
“According to documents provided by the SVT taken part of, counterfeiters have however not succeeded in fully then there have been shortcomings regarding, for example, printing technology.”
“the Swedish migration board cooperates with foreign authorities in the matter and have even sent out warnings to, among others, the Swedish Tax agency. How long extrakontrollen of the pass will continue is currently unclear.”