It is necessary to conduct a thorough check of all who wish to obtain a biometric passport arriving from the occupied territories. This was said by NSDC Secretary Alexander Turchinov in his commentary.

According to him, after the launch of the visa-free regime for Ukraine with the EU, the number of people wishing to obtain biometric passports from the Crimea and from the territory of the occupied Donbass.

"At the same time, without access to the archives that remained in the occupied territories, there is a danger that under the guise of Ukrainian citizens from the occupied territories, separatists, citizens of another country, terrorists or representatives of Russian special services can get access to a visa-free regime," - Turchinov said.

"That's why," he explained, "to prevent this, it is necessary to amend the current legislation, which will allow a very thorough check of citizens coming from the occupied territories to obtain a biometric passport. In case of discrepancy of the presented data, such citizens should be denied a biometric passport ".

In this regard, the NSDC Secretary held a meeting with the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Migration Service, the Security Service, the border guards.

He said that for the legal settlement of this issue, an appropriate bill was prepared, "which people's deputies-members of the parliamentary coalition should be brought to the Verkhovna Rada in the near future".

"At the same time," said Oleksandr Turchynov, "it is very important to adopt this law, which is necessary to ensure the security of Ukraine and Europe, even before the next vacation".