Tajik migrants are banned from entering Russia

Dozens of Tajik migrants spent 5 days at Sheremetyevo Airport and were sent back to their homeland.

According to Radio Ozodi, on the morning of July 3, about 200 citizens of Tajikistan arrived in Moscow from the city of Bokhtar, but they were not allowed to enter Russia.

The migrants were not even given their luggage, which included bread and food. “All these days we had to buy expensive water and chocolate bars from vending machines. There are about 200 of us, and only citizens of Tajikistan were not allowed through,” the migrants said.

After 5 days, on the morning of July 8, they were sent back to Tajikistan. The reason for the migrants being denied entry into Russia is unknown.

Earlier, on June 14 and 24 of this year, dozens of citizens of Tajikistan were denied crossing the Russian border at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.

At that time, Tajiks were also stuck at the airport for several days. The migrants reported that airport representatives interrogated them for several hours, asking questions about the purpose of their trip and also inquiring about the attack at “Krokus City Hall.” Their phones were also confiscated for inspection.

They were informed that a three-month entry ban had been imposed on them.

According to the migrants, only young men were not allowed into Russia. Women, children, and adult men passed through border and customs control without obstacles.

Citizens of other countries do not face such problems.

The Russian authorities have not yet explained the reason for the mass entry bans on Tajiks into the country. Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry previously stated that delays in passport control for foreigners at the borders of the Russian Federation are temporary and occur regardless of the nationality of the entering individuals. Foreigners have begun to be checked more thoroughly upon entry “in connection with the intensification of measures to prevent terrorism in Russia.”

Apparently, these measures are being taken following the events at “Krokus.”