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The attempt happened on October 8th, 2019, but first became known to the public today as the verdict from the Pechenga District Court was announced by the prosecutorsoffice of the Murmansk region.

It was three Syrian citizens that boarded a small motorboat in Devkina Zavod Bay in the Pechenga fjord and departed from the coast towards the maritime border with Norway.

In court, all three pleaded guilty as charged on conspiracy to get to Norway without proper permission anddocuments.

Liinakhamari (Devkina Zavod Bay) in the Pechenga fjord is the westernmost fjord on Russias Kola Peninsula and the only place between Murmansk and the state border were civilians can reach the coast without entering military restricted areas.

Liinakhamari is a restricted border area, but not under military naval authority.

While out at sea, the motorboat was stopped by Russias FSB coastal border guards, and the three were arrested.

At sea, the distance from Liinakhamari to the Russian-Norwegian border in Grense Jakobselv is some 35 kilometers (19 Nautical Miles).

It has never happened that any illegal migrants have succeeded in entering Norway in the north from the seaside.

Two of the Syrian citizens were sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in a penal colony, while the third has to spend eight months.

In Norway, it is the Police that is in charge of migration and external border control, but the Coast Guard can assist if getting authorization from the police.

Following the migrant crisis in autumn 2015, when some 5,500 people entered Norway from Russia in the north, there havebeen several attempts by third-country residents to make it over the 200 km long land border.

Especially during autumn 2017, many were arrested on the Russian side.

In September 2017, three Afghans were arrested. In August 2017, aSyrian citizen was arrestedafter he climbed through the barbed wire fence. In July,two other Syrians made it through the fencebut were detained before they reached the borderline. In June,four Moroccans were arrestedand in March,two Iranians were halted.

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