Bernard Le Roc and Patrice Le Roc

The citizens of France Bernard Le Roch (right) and his son Patrice Le Roch (left), who illegally tried to take out the children from Ukraine, in the court building, in Beregovo (Carpathian region), on Thursday, May 5, 2011. This day a session of the court concerning the case of the citizens of France, who were detained at the checkpoint Luzhanka in Carpathian region, took place. Patrice Le Roch and his father, Bernard, were detained on March 21, 2011, after trying to cross the Hungarian border with the twin girls hidden under a mattress in their van. Birth certificates of girls were given in the office of civil registration in Kiev. However, there were neither notes in the passports nor travel documents for children. Patrice Le Roch and his wife Orelia used the service of surrogate mother. But the French government refused to issue the child passports because it does not recognize surrogacy. The foreigners were filed a charge in illicit transfer of the children through the Ukrainian board. Photo by Yanosh Nemesh / UNIAN