IDENTIFICATION OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF READMISSION

Szymon GrygielSenior SpecialistAliens Department, Border Guard HQPoland

Eastern PartnershipPanel on Migration and Asylum

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

General information

Identification is a necessary condition for successful removal of an illegal migrant to the country or origin.

Ways of identification

Traditional methods based on cooperation with diplomatic posts:

- in the country- in the neighboring countries (via Polish diplomatic posts

in these countries)

Contacts with the appriopriate authorities in countries of origin

Means of evidence

expired passports of all types personal ID citizenship confirmation certificates birth certificates other official documents pointing a citizenship of a person Databases Fingerprints

Means of evidence

photocopies of any of the documents of previous list driving licenses or photocopies thereof company identity cards or photocopies thereof statements by witnesses statements made by the person concerned and language

spoken by him or her, including by means of an official test result

any other document which may help to establish the nationality of the person concerned

Consular interviews

Consular interviews are necessary when provided proofs are not sufficient to confirm foreigner’s identity.

Alternative methods of identification Confirming on the basis of telephone interview (Gambia,

Palestina, Somalia) Confirming identity of third-country nationals to be returned by

arranging interviews with language and culture experts:

- from the countries of origin - from border and migration services (with Vietnam)

- from the diplomatic posts (with India, Pakistan) Strengthening cooperation among other countries (EU States,

Frontex) in the area of confirming identity of the third-country nationals

Cooperation with diplomatic posts in Poland

Afghanistan, Albania, Algieria, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brasil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, Congo, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jemen, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestina, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

Cooperation with diplomatic posts abroad Berlin – Bahrayn, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominicana,

Erytrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gwinea, Jamaica, Jordania, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Salvador, Senegal, Sudan, Tansania, Togo, Ughanda, Zambia

Brussels – Gambia Copenhagen – Suazi Hague - Bangladesh Minsk – Kirghizstan Moscow – Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Gwinea Bissau, Mauretania,

Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tchad, Zimbabwe Rome – Kenia

Role of readmission agreements

Setting time limits for the response Setting an obligation to issue travel document in case of

identity confirmation Defining means of evidence

THANK YOU

FOR ATTENTION

szymon.grygiel@strazgraniczna.pl