BORDER GUARD HQ ALIENS DEPARTMENT Szymon Grygiel, Senior Specialist Aliens Department, Identification and Return Unit Border Guard HQ The project is co-financed.

BORDER GUARD HQALIENS DEPARTMENT

Szymon Grygiel, Senior SpecialistAliens Department, Identification and Return UnitBorder Guard HQ

The project is co-financed by European Return Fund and Estonian Ministry of Interior

Russia/Belarus

Ukraine

WesternEurope

Air border, Warsaw-Okęcie airport

Illegal migration – main flows

Border Guard as a service supervised by the Ministry of

Interior

Border Guard in ministerial structure

Prime Minister

BG posts commanders

Commander-in-chief of Border Guard

Minister of Interior

Regional BG divisions commanders (10

divisions)

Central state authorities

Central authorities of state administration

Territorial authorities of state administration

Law of 12 October 1990 on Border Guard

Border Guard competencies in interior

1. performing control of third country nationals in respect of legality of the stay, employment and business activity,

2. combating illegal migration regarding the resident permits of foreigners on the territory of Poland,

3. combating illegal work and employment of foreigners,

4. protection of international communication routes.

Other Border Guard competencies

1. protection of the state border

2. fighting border crimes and pursuing perpetrators

3. organization and performance of border traffic control

4. ensuring security and public order within the border crossing points area and in the border zone

5. preventing transportation of drugs, psychotropic substances, harmful wastes, weapons, ammunition and explosives without a proper permit

1. decision on return,

2. readmission,

3. apprehension,

4. detention.

Legal measures concerning illegal immigrants

Krosno Odrzańskie

60

Przemyśl 173

(138/35)

Biała Podlaska

152

Białystok 151

(136/15)

Kętrzyn 131

Lesznowola 23

Detention Center

Arrest

Border Guard in asylum procedure

Border Guard

Foreigner’s Office

Refugee application – seats of placement.

Return categories

1. Voluntary returns

2. Forced returnes

3. Assisted Voluntary Returns (IOM)

Types of removals

1. By air

Commercial flights Charter flights Joint charter flights JOINT RETURN OPERATIONS

2. By land

Types of return decisions

- Decision on removal

- Decision on removal, with the term of voluntary departure

- Decision on refusal of granting of the refugee status with the obligation to leave

- Decision on removal issued by another EU State

Persons removed by air in 2012 - 363

Commercial flights - 293Charter flights - 18Joint charter flights - 52

2012– return operations organised by Poland

3 operations to Georgia, including 1 joint operation to Georgia and Afghanistan

59 persons removed

Poland – 42 to Georgia, 10 to AfghanistanLithuania – 7 to Georgia

2013 – return operations organised by Poland(I-VIII)

7 operations to Georgia

137 persons removed

(Poland – 128, Lithuania – 9)

BORDER GUARD HQ

Commander-in-chief

Borders Department Aliens Department Investigative – Operational Department

Technology and Supplies Bureau

Internal Affairs Department

International Cooperation Bureau

Data Protection Bureau

Supervision and Control Inspectorate

Human Resources and Trainings BureauStaff

Legal Bureau

Communication and IT Bureau

Aliens Department

Databases

„Pobyt” („The Stay”)

Odprawa („The Departure”

Map of aliens

Thank you for attention.

: +48 513 53 02, : + 48 22 500 47 77

@: szymon.grygiel@strazgraniczna.pl