Migrants in the tunnel. Hundreds of police officers checked the border at Lanžhot during the exercise
On Wednesday, four hundred police officers, customs officers and members of the prison services took part in a simulation of inspections at the former border crossings of Lanžhot, Mikulov, Starý Hrozenkov and the green borders in their vicinity. Preparedness for the temporary reintroduction of border control. “Part of the exercise is the construction of a registration point. We will check how our new procedures for registering foreigners work, “said Renata Grecmanová, a spokeswoman for the Aliens Police.
Firefighters were in charge of the construction of the tens of meters long tunnel from the connected tents in the parking lot of the former crossing at Lanžhota. If needed, I couldn’t put it all together in about five hours.
Fictitious migration after the initial examination in the received respirators first awaited the antigen test for covid-19. If he is suspected of being positive, he travels to an isolation tent, where he is tested by a PCR test. If he passes, he travels for a personal examination and then for a medical examination. After that, he will go to the assembly point to register and find out information about his person.
The exercise will last until Thursday, since 2015 it is the ninth in a row. “The South Moravian Region is the gateway to the migration wave of foreigners from Slovakia. Only today we detained three migrants, “said Leoš Tržil, head of the regional police directorate.
According to the Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček, since 2015, the state has invested almost 400 million crowns in technology and measures enabling the detection of illegal migrants. From detectors that detect people in the cargo area, through drones to so-called Schongenbuses with a laboratory for mobile travel document control.