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

Proyecto terminado

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.

Región/País Tema Período Presupuesto
Rumania
Mejorar la seguridad pública
Measures for Securing Borders
01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013
CHF  133’500
Grupos destinarios

RIO staff, police, other authorities dealing with migration issues

Actividades 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.
Resultados

Resultados obtenidos:  

  • 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


Dirección / Officina Federal responsable COSUDE
Crédito Contribución suiza a la ampliación de la UE
Contrapartes del proyecto Contraparte del contrato
Sector privado
  • Sector privado suizo


Otras contrapartes

Intermediary Body: TC Teamconsult, Geneva; Executing Agency: Romanian Immigration Office (RIO)

Presupuesto Fase en curso Presupuesto suizo CHF    133’500 Presupuesto actual suizo ya emitido CHF    133’675
Fases del proyecto 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)