YEREVAN. – The cases of illegal crossing of the Armenian-Turkish border that have become more frequent in recent months are due to the activation of migration flows, head of National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan believes.
The trespassers are discovered by Armenian border guards, not Russian border guards only, he said during a meeting with reporters in Tsakhkadzor.
“There are cases when the trespassers are detained by Armenian border guards, in many cases they have fake documents. We often do not make public statements and return them [trespassers] to their countries,” he said.
Vanetsyan assured that the cases of illegal border crossing are not related to the changes that occurred in Armenia.
“Migration flows have increased. Illegal migration is one of the evils of the modern world. We say “evil”, but we somehow understand that people are forced to change the country in order to ensure their own safety. And our business is to prevent this,” he said.
Russian border guards have detained several large groups who attempted to illegally cross the Armenian-Turkish border over the recent months.