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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Ukraine > Asylum seekers and refugees

Soviet border control zone restored

By Liz Fekete

1 October 1996

The Ukrainian parliament has restored a Soviet-era border control zone with special powers for the police to crack down on attempts by illegal migrants to travel to the west.

According to Ukraine border guards 'an impoverished state has trouble reliably protecting its borders'.

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