time, there were performed the appropriate actions and the detainees were released or taken to
relevant police stations or institutions. At the time of inspection, there were three persons
deported from the Greek state and they were being interviewed. The rooms and hallways of the
Police Station lacked posters indicating the rights of the detainees or information of the right to
seek the asylum-seeker/refugee status.
Nevertheless, the interviewing staff possessed forms for refugee status seeking and
according to the staff, these forms, along with right instructions, were put at the disposal of all
the interested persons. The inspecting group was informed that during the recent weeks there
were no cases of non-Albanian citizens that had crossed the state border to seek the asylumseeker/refugee status.
The border police station at Tre Urat (Three Bridges) – Permet border crossing point –
Date 06.10.2015
The reception premises at this border point were too restricted due to the fact that most of
the persons detained in that border crossing point are of INAD category (individuals declared not
acceptable to enter the neighboring country) or persons that were forcibly returned from the
Greek territory. Both categories are clearly and correctly reflected on the relevant records. The
INAD category individuals are allowed to continue their travel to the Greek territory after they
complete the documentation required by the Greek side. The deported persons are interviewed at
the border crossing point premises, which are appropriate only for a very temporary stay. Beside
rare cases such as when a citizen may result to be wanted by the law enforcement agencies, in all
other cases, citizens are allowed to return to their domiciles in the Albanian territory.
26 border and migration police officers and agents work in shifts at this border crossing
point, and they cover the territory of the border crossing point and the surrounding border green
area.
A copy of the instruction given by the Directorate of the Border and Migration Police
Department on these categories was shared with the interviewing team. According to it, the
persons that were deported only once from the Greek territory were allowed to travel to that
territory legally. Those restricted reception premises in the border crossing point serve only for
the persons that are declared wanted or deported, but not for more than 10 hours. Afterwards,
those individuals were taken to the police station that declared them wanted and in this case they
were taken to Gjirokaster Regional Directorate of Border and Migration Police.
Regarding citizens of “third countries”, thus neither Albanian citizens nor EU citizens,
only two Syrian citizens were detained during year 2015 and they were immediately taken to
Gjirokaster Regional Directorate of Border and Migration Police. As in other cases, according to
the information given by the interviewing official, if these persons were not immediately sent
back to the Greek territory, they were taken to the Closed Reception Center for Irregular
migrants in Karec, Durres.
Out of the examination of the records, it resulted they were correct and clearly reflected
information of INAD category individuals and of the deported persons as well. The same
assessment is valid for the record that reflects the temporary exit of materials used from the
green border patrol, for the record reflecting shift instructions, and the record of taking and
handing over the shift to the shift supervisor. Another record in good and correct condition was
the one reflecting the entry and departure of citizens that used vehicles registered in Albania (it
was used in cases when TIMS system was out of function).
For 2015 year, ten Syrian citizens were recorded in the register of citizens caught at
border, which records citizens that attempt to illegally cross the border. February 18 2015 was
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