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fran · q2 2016
Type
Nationality of users
Type of fraudulent document detected,
by main countries of issuance, Q2 2016
Visas
Residence
permits
Passports
ID cards
Stamps
Number
158
Not specified
339Ukraine
Poland
100
10
142
Morocco
Germany
Spain
Note:
values
under 10
are not
represented
Belgium
France
Greece
Claimed nationality of persons
detected with fraudulent
documents, Q2 2016
Bulgaria
Number
130 10
Romania
(only highest values are stipulated)
Italy
Trend between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016:
Lithuania
higher than 50%
between 50% and −50%
lower than −50%
On the air routes, increased numbers of
document fraud detections in Q2 2016
were also revealed on connections from
Greece to Austria and Switzerland. The
nationalities of the offenders are similar
to the ones on the routes heading for
Germany. On the other hand, the current
increase on the air routes between Italy
and Sweden is mostly fuelled by Somalian
nationals.
Istanbul Atatürk remains the top
departure airport of connections
from third countries
In Q2 2016, the number of persons entering
the EU/Schengen area from third
countries using fraudulent documents
amounted to 1 600. As in the case of intra-EU/Schengen
movements, the number
of detections on entry to the EU/
Schengen area from third countries decreased
(compared with the previous
quarter) reaching the lowest reported
level since the beginning of 2013. The most
significant declines on these routes were
reported from Morocco to Spain and on
arrival from Turkey. At EU level, of the 98
nationalities detected using fraudulent
documents to illegally enter the EU or
the Schengen area from a third country,
Ukrainians (339), Moroccans (142), Albanians
(94) and Iranians (79) were the most
commonly detected. Syrian nationals recorded
a further decrease and were only
reported in 52 cases in Q2 2016.
As in previous months, most detections
from third countries were reported from
air routes. With 109 detections, the number
of document fraud cases from Istanbul
Atatürk decreased by 9% compared with
the previous quarter. Istanbul Atatürk,
however, still remains the most reported
last departure airport outside the EU/
Schengen area. The continuous decrease
of the overall document fraud detections
was also visible on other main air routes
between third countries and the EU/
Schengen area. The international airport
of Dakar, Senegal remained the second
most reported departure airport outside
the EU/Schengen area.
At land and sea borders, most
detections of document fraud from
Ukraine and Morocco
In the second quarter of 2016, as in previous
quarters, the majority of document
fraud cases at land borders were
revealed between Ukraine and Poland,
mostly involving Ukrainian nationals. The
Spanish-Moroccan land and sea border
remains the second most reported land
and sea external EU border in Q2 2016
with Moroccans often identifying themselves
by presenting fraudulent Spanish
documents.
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