Law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale raid “to identify illegal migrants.” According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, security forces unexpectedly began mass checks of “arrivals” as part of an operational and preventive measure. As a result of the raid, nearly 500 people were taken to the police station. According to the agency, investigators from […]
Law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale raid “to identify illegal migrants.”
According to the Investigative Committee of Russia, security forces unexpectedly began mass checks of “arrivals” as part of an operational and preventive measure.
As a result of the raid, nearly 500 people were taken to the police station.
According to the agency, investigators from the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia, with the support of the Rosgvardiya management for the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in cooperation with employees of the FSB of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the border management of the FSB of Russia for the Novosibirsk region, and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory conducted a “large-scale raid at five markets in the Lenin District of Krasnoyarsk, as well as in 12 cafes.”
Citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan were identified, as well as a stateless person, who were in the city in violation of migration legislation.
Additionally, 10 cases of organizing illegal migration and fictitious registration of a foreign citizen at their place of stay in Russia were identified.
Furthermore, during the raid, former migrants hiding from military service were identified. 58 men who received Russian citizenship were issued summonses for military registration.
Also, regarding 5 citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan who were illegally in Russia, the issue of their expulsion is being resolved, the Investigative Committee reports. The exact number of Tajik citizens subject to expulsion is not specified.
Earlier this year, a large-scale raid also took place at the Savelovsky market in Moscow, during which more than 300 people were detained.