ruse regional directorate “border police”

Border check procedures

at Bulgarian ports along the Danube

Ruse Regional Directorate “Border Police”

ETOA River Cruise Seminar 2015

Ministry of InteriorChief Directorate “Border Police”

Special Air Surveillance Squad

7 Regional Directorates “Border Police”

2 Border PoliceShips Bases

37 Border Police Stations

35 BorderCrossing Points



Regional Directorate “Border Police” Ruse -a territorial specialized

security and operative investigating structure of Chief Directorate “Border Police”

for:

- Observing of the state border and control of the border regime;- Combating illegal migration, smuggling and THB;- Performing border checks of people and vehicles, crossing the border.





Organization


Director

Deputy -Director

BORDER CHECK ACTIVITY SECTION

GUARDING OF THE STATE BORDER SECTION

OPERATIONAL AND SEARCH ACTIVITY SECTION

COMMON CONTACT CENTRE FOR POLICE COOPERATION

EXPERT ACTIVITIESADMINISTRATION

VIDINBorder Police Ships Base

VIDIN Border Police Station

KOZLODUY Border Police Station

SOMOVIT Border Police Station

SVISHTOV Border Police Station

RUSE Border Police Station

SILISTRA Border Police Station

GENERAL TOSHEVO Border Police Station

VIDIN Border Crossing

Point

LOM Border Crossing

Point

ORIAHOVO Border Crossing

Point

NIKOPOLBorder Crossing

Point

SVISHTOVBorder Crossing

Point

RUSEBorder Crossing

Point

SILISTRABorder Crossing

Point

KARDAM Border Crossing

Point

DURANKULAK Border Crossing

Point

VIDIN 01 Border Police

Ships Group

RUSE 02 Border Police

Ships Group

REGIONAL COORDINATION CENTER

ANALYSIS UNIT

OPERATIONAL DUTY CENTER

Total length of the border – 611 km

Blue border (Danube river): 472 km Green border: 139 km

RUSE

VIDIN

MONTANA

VRATSA

PLEVEN

VELIKO TARNOVO

SILISTRA

RAZGRAD DOBRICH

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

Area of responsibility



BPS

BPSBPS

BPS

BPS

BPS

BPS

BBPS

RDBP

Main Tasks

• Combating cross - border organized crime;

• Surveillance and control of the state border;

• Monitoring the Danube river;

• Preventing and tackling illegal migration, smuggling

and THB;

• Protecting public order in the border area;

• Safeguarding of the state border legal regime.



Regional Directorate “Border Police” Ruse

Ministry of InteriorRegional Directorates

Ministry of Transport

Migration Directorate

Local population

Ministry of Environment and Water

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Ministry of Finance

Internal cooperation

National SecurityAgencyLocal government

structures



Common Contact Centre for Police and Customs Cooperation with Romania;

One - stop control common Border Crossing Points;

Joint patrols (including river patrols) with Romanian Border Police and Romanian Transport Police;

Cooperation with other EU structures.

International cooperation



Examination of vehicles’ documents

Examination of visas

Checking of documents(validity,signs offorgery)

Checking the entry conditions (validity of documents; visas, means of subsistence, etc.)

Verification in national database and NSIS

Detailed investigation of documents (experts investigation)

Border checks at Border Crossing Points

Stamping documents

Verification of additional conditions of entry- invitations, sufficient means of subsistence, etc.

Additional checks in databases

Checks in AFIS (fingerprints identification for identity check and previous criminal records)

EU citizens - subject to minimum checks

Checks of third - country nationals



River Border Crossing Points along the Danube



Overview of border check procedures



THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address: 100 Tutrakan Blvd.

Ruse 7000, BulgariaPhone: + 359 82 882683Fax: + 359 82 841540E-mail: [email protected]

Deputy coordinator of Common Contact Centre for Police and Customs Cooperation: Ivo Barkov



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ruse regional directorate “border police”

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