1.6. Illegal entry on the territory of the Republic of Moldova NO. OF FOREIGN CITIZENS DOCUMENTED BY THE BORDER POLICE FOR VIOLATING MIGRATION AND BORDER LEGISLATION, FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2018 - AUGUST 1, 2019 Irregular migration ; 75; 2% Border violations, 1317, 40% Violation of the rules of residence on the territory of the Republic of Moldova; 1945; 58% The legislation of the Republic of Moldova defines: 1. Irregular migration represents the phenomenon of movement or displacement of the population outside the norms of the border legislation of the countries of origin, transit and destination. From the perspective of border security, illegality occurs when a certain person tries to cross an international border without having a valid travel document. 2. Border violations represents a series of actions that contravene the provisions of the legislation on the state border, the state border regime, the BCP regime, the border area regime, as well as the rules for crossing the state border. Regarding the profile of people crossing the Moldovan-Ukrainian border illegally, the surveyed border police officers reiterated that most people are residents of border areas who cross the border to visit relatives in the border area of the neighbouring state: Excerpt from the interview: ... They cross the border illegally so as not to complicate its legal crossing; it is more convenient for them to go directly to the destination town, than to surround the road through the border crossing points. 16