Fighting Illegal Immigration

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

Progetto concluso
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.

Paese/Regione	Tema	Periodo	Budget
Romania	Rafforzare la sicurezza pubblica Sicurezza dei confini	01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013	CHF 133’500

Il progetto in breve

Gruppi target	RIO staff, police, other authorities dealing with migration issues
Attività	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.
Risultati	Risultati raggiunti: 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
Direzione/Ufficio responsabile	DSC
Credito	Contributo svizzero all'allargamento dell'UE
Partner del progetto	Partner contrattuale Economia privata Settore privato svizzero Altri partner Intermediary Body: TC Teamconsult, Geneva; Executing Agency: Romanian Immigration Office (RIO)
Budget	Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 133’500 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 133’675
Fasi del progetto	Fase 22 01.10.2017 - 31.08.2019 (Completed) Fase 21 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2018 (Completed) Fase 20 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Fase 19 02.05.2016 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Fase 18 01.09.2014 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Fase 17 14.11.2014 - 31.08.2018 (Completed) Fase 16 01.02.2014 - 31.07.2015 (Completed) Fase 15 01.09.2014 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Fase 14 01.03.2013 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Fase 13 01.03.2013 - 30.11.2015 (Completed) Fase 12 01.11.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Fase 11 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013 (Completed) Fase 10 01.04.2012 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Fase 9 01.04.2012 - 15.06.2014 (Completed) Fase 8 01.03.2012 - 31.03.2018 (Completed) Fase 7 01.03.2012 - 31.08.2013 (Completed) Fase 6 01.03.2012 - 15.11.2014 (Completed) Fase 5 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Fase 4 01.03.2012 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Fase 3 01.03.2012 - 30.07.2015 (Completed) Fase 2 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2017 (Completed)