The inspector general of the Border Police, Cornel Laurian Stoica, presented on Saturday, in a press conference, the conditions under which Romanian citizens will travel by air and sea to countries in the Schengen Area starting from March 31, informs News.ro.
Romanian travelers will no longer stop at the checkpoints of the Border Police, but will go directly to the boarding gates. The Inspector General of the Border Police specified, however, that the border police will be at the airports to make unannounced checks.
“Henri Coandă International Airport Bucharest is one of the 17 airports where, starting on March 31, border controls will be lifted for citizens of the Schengen states. From this date air and sea border controls are eliminated, and people will be able to move to or from other Schengen member states without being subject to border controls. Starting from March 31 this year, citizens traveling to Schengen Area states will no longer have to go through border control. Specifically, they will no longer stop at the Border Police checkpoints to have their travel documents checked, they will go directly to the boarding gates. I stress the fact that there will be no additional obligation for the passengers”, declared the general inspector of the Border Police, on Sunday.
Next, the border police will be in the airports and will do checks, if they have any suspicions.
“However, the border police will continue to be present in the airport premises and will carry out random and unexpected police actions to verify the identity and legal status of people, but also to prevent and combat possible illegal acts. Police actions will be carried out based on a risk analysis or reasonable suspicion. In such a case, the police officer will be able to take steps to establish the identity of the person and checks in the operational databases. The policemen will be equipped with mobile control devices with which they will carry out these checks. If the suspicions are not confirmed, the person can continue his journey. If these are confirmed, the person’s trip will be interrupted and legal measures will be applied. The persons wanted generally or internationally will be detained and handed over to the competent authorities, and those who are found to have committed crimes – possessing prohibited substances, false or falsified documents, are illegal migrants – will be drawn up the documents preceding the criminal investigation”, stated Cornel- Laurian Stoica.
The travel conditions for minors, starting from March 31, were also presented.
“As for minor Romanian citizens, as in the case of adults, they will no longer carry out border control and will also go directly to the boarding gate. They will not need any additional approval, being able to travel in the Schengen area with the same documents as until now”, said Stoica.
He recalled what documents are required when leaving the country in the case of minor Romanian citizens.
“If the minor travels accompanied only by a parent or a third person, the following are required: valid travel document; the consent of the other parent if traveling accompanied by only one of the parents; consent of both parents when traveling accompanied by a person other than the parent; only the travel document if he travels to his home/residence and provides proof of this; only the consent of one of the parents when traveling for studies/competitions/medical treatment and proves the declared purpose of the trip. If the minor is over 16 years old and traveling unaccompanied, he will need: a valid travel document; consent from both parents; only a travel document if it provides proof of domicile/residence in the country to which you are travelling”, Stoica pointed out.
In order to check whether minor Romanian citizens and their companions are in possession of the necessary documents, the border police can do random checks in the airport premises.
“If it is found that they are not in their possession, they will not be allowed to leave the country. Accompanying minors, other than the parents or the legal representative, are no longer required to present the criminal record certificate in physical format, it is consulted electronically by the border police. However, if the border policeman finds that the minor’s companion has committed certain crimes provided for by law, he will not be allowed to leave the country with the minor. It is about the following crimes: murder; crimes against sexual freedom and integrity; crimes related to the trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable persons; unlawful deprivation of liberty; crimes related to drug trafficking or precursors; trafficking in human tissues or organs; crimes of terrorism”, stated the general inspector of the Border Police.
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For trips to non-Schengen states, both for Romanian adults and minors, the travel conditions remain unchanged, and the documents will be checked at the Border Police control filters.
“I want to assure you that the Romanian Border Police is ready for integration into the Schengen Area by air and sea starting from March 31. In addition to rethinking the device and organizational measures, which aim to protect citizens, especially minor Romanian citizens, measures were also ordered to facilitate border transit by citizens traveling to non-Schengen states. One of the measures consisted in relocating the automatic control gates, which you see behind me. They represent a modern solution with the help of which a large number of European citizens moving to countries outside the Schengen Area can be processed in a short period of time. These are of real help, considering the large flow of passengers from the “Henri Coandă” International Airport. Only last year it was transited by approximately 15 million people, with an average of 43,000 people per day in the summer season”, explained the inspector general of the Border Police Cornel-Laurian Stoica.
Publisher: MI
Tags: travel conditions Romanians March entry Schengen air sea
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