IDENTIFICATION OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF READMISSION Szymon Grygiel Senior Specialist Aliens Department, Border Guard HQ Poland Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum The project is co-financed by European Return Fund and Estonian Ministry of Interior

General information Identification is a necessary condition for successful removal of an illegal migrant to the country or origin.

Ways of identification Traditional methods based on cooperation with diplomatic posts: - in the country - in the neighboring countries (via Polish diplomatic posts in these countries) Contacts with the appriopriate authorities in countries of origin

Means of evidence expired passports of all types personal ID citizenship confirmation certificates birth certificates other official documents pointing a citizenship of a person Databases Fingerprints

Means of evidence photocopies of any of the documents of previous list driving licenses or photocopies thereof company identity cards or photocopies thereof statements by witnesses statements made by the person concerned and language spoken by him or her, including by means of an official test result any other document which may help to establish the nationality of the person concerned

Consular interviews Consular interviews are necessary when provided proofs are not sufficient to confirm foreigner’s identity.

Alternative methods of identification Confirming on the basis of telephone interview (Gambia, Palestina, Somalia) Confirming identity of third-country nationals to be returned by arranging interviews with language and culture experts: - from the countries of origin - from border and migration services (with Vietnam) - from the diplomatic posts (with India, Pakistan) Strengthening cooperation among other countries (EU States, Frontex) in the area of confirming identity of the third-country nationals

Cooperation with diplomatic posts in Poland Afghanistan, Albania, Algieria, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brasil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, Congo, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jemen, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestina, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

Cooperation with diplomatic posts abroad Berlin – Bahrayn, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominicana, Erytrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gwinea, Jamaica, Jordania, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Salvador, Senegal, Sudan, Tansania, Togo, Ughanda, Zambia Brussels – Gambia Copenhagen – Suazi Hague - Bangladesh Minsk – Kirghizstan Moscow – Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Gwinea Bissau, Mauretania, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tchad, Zimbabwe Rome – Kenia

Role of readmission agreements Setting time limits for the response Setting an obligation to issue travel document in case of identity confirmation Defining means of evidence

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