Most of the accidents occurred on rivers.
Detained illegal immigrants near the Danube (archive of people lost their lives while trying to illegally cross the border. Most of these cases occurred on rivers.
This was reported by the representative of the State Border Service Andrei Demchenko.
“At least 40 people lost their lives while trying to cross the border illegally. Most of these cases occurred on rivers. In fact, people drowned without assessing their strength. Some rivers are quite treacherous, having tree roots that a person cannot see, where they can be dragged,” he said. “hard-to-reach mountainous areas, when people actually wandered, not knowing the area and not knowing how to get out of the forest thickets. – the GNSU spokesman added.
- In August, the GNSU stated that attempts to illegally cross the border continue daily: both along the green section of the border and at checkpoints.
- On October 1, Demchenko announced a decrease in the number of attempts to illegally cross the border. According to him, a similar trend has been observed since August.