Border guards caught an African who wanted to illegally enter Ukraine to "improve his health". Photo

An African man was detained at the border who tried to illegally enter Ukraine, claiming that he wanted to "improve his health" here. The cameras of Slovak border guards recorded his movement towards the Ukrainian border, after which Ukrainian border guards detained him.

The information was published on the Telegram channel of the State Border Guard Service. The man did not have any documents on him.

He identified himself as a citizen of Guinea and stated that he had been living in the EU for a long time. Due to health problems, he decided that the best medical care could be provided in Ukraine.

The man was brought to administrative responsibility. Subsequently, he will be returned to the Slovak side in accordance with the readmission procedure.

Earlier, Ukrainian border guards at the Smilnytsia checkpoint in Lviv region caught a man trying to leave Ukraine by hiding under a passenger seat. In this way, the offender planned to get to Poland and then to Germany.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, seven men in Zakarpattia broke through the barrier grid to get abroad through the Tisa River. They gave the organizers of the smuggling 55 thousand dollars but were caught 100 meters from the state border.

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