Fighting Illegal Immigration

Fighting Illegal Immigration - Capacity Building of Romanian Immigration Office (RIO)

Projet terminé
The project was aimed at improving the capacity and knowledge on illegal migration of the staff of the Romanian Immigration Office (RIO) and will equip them to better fulfill their task. Swiss Experts have been in charge of training courses. The project was part of the thematic fund security in Romania. Further information about this fund can be found among the additional information on the very bottom of this page.

Pays/région	Thème	Période	Budget
Roumanie	Accroître la sécurité publique Sécurité des frontières	01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013	CHF 133’500

Le projet en bref

Groupes cibles	RIO staff, police, other authorities dealing with migration issues
Activités	The project has covered a study visit to Switzerland allowing a better understanding of Swiss institutional and legislative framework, operative management, experiences and best practices related to the detection of irregular migrants with illegal stay, followed by training for RIO staff and border police in Romania by Swiss experts, in the field of interview techniques and detecting counterfeit of forged documents of irregular migrants. A need for improvement of RIO equipment to perform activities related to illegal migrants has required the procurement of 8 new motor vehicles.
Résultats	Résultats obtenus: 60 Romanian officials, 46 participants from the General Inspectorate for Immigration (GII) territorial structures, 4 from the central units of the Migration Directorate and 10 participants from the Romanian General Inspectorate of Border Police trained on detection and identification of migrants as well as interview techniques and detecting forged documents and benefitted from the exchange of experience with Swiss authorities 8 motor vehicles to increase the efficiency of the checks have been purchased and delivered and are fully operational Detection of 2496 irregular migrants (8% increase from 2013) Swiss Partner Institution: SEM
Direction/office fédéral responsable	DDC
Crédit	Contribution suisse à l'UE élargie
Partenaire de projet	Partenaire contractuel Secteur privé Secteur privé suisse Autres partenaires Intermediary Body: TC Teamconsult, Geneva; Executing Agency: Romanian Immigration Office (RIO)
Budget	Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF 133’500 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF 133’675
Phases du projet	Phase 22 01.10.2017 - 31.08.2019 (Completed) Phase 21 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2018 (Completed) Phase 20 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Phase 19 02.05.2016 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Phase 18 01.09.2014 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Phase 17 14.11.2014 - 31.08.2018 (Completed) Phase 16 01.02.2014 - 31.07.2015 (Completed) Phase 15 01.09.2014 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Phase 14 01.03.2013 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 13 01.03.2013 - 30.11.2015 (Completed) Phase 12 01.11.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 11 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013 (Completed) Phase 10 01.04.2012 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Phase 9 01.04.2012 - 15.06.2014 (Completed) Phase 8 01.03.2012 - 31.03.2018 (Completed) Phase 7 01.03.2012 - 31.08.2013 (Completed) Phase 6 01.03.2012 - 15.11.2014 (Completed) Phase 5 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 4 01.03.2012 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Phase 3 01.03.2012 - 30.07.2015 (Completed) Phase 2 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2017 (Completed)