In 2024, more than 8,000 migrants were deported from Saint Petersburg alone. The majority of those deported are citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Women make up 10.5% of the total number of deportees. According to authorities, the deported citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in 2024 were most often deported due to violations of migration regulations. […]
In 2024, more than 8,000 migrants were deported from Saint Petersburg alone.
The majority of those deported are citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Women make up 10.5% of the total number of deportees.
According to authorities, the deported citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in 2024 were most often deported due to violations of migration regulations.
Since the beginning of 2025, 248 people have been forcibly returned to their homeland. These individuals violated the laws regarding their stay in Russia, which led to administrative sanctions being applied in accordance with Article 18.8 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for liability for non-compliance with entry or residence rules in the country.
A total of more than 80,000 migrants were forcibly deported from the Russian Federation in 2024. Of these, 23,000 were from Moscow and the Moscow region. The majority of those expelled are citizens of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
In 2023, 44,200 migrants were deported from Russia, while in 2022, the number was 26,600.
Russian authorities claim that they were also found guilty by a court of committing an administrative offense under Article 18.8 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation (violation by a foreign citizen or stateless person of the rules of entry into Russia or the regime of stay (residence) in Russia), and for the next five years, they will not be able to return to the territory of Russia.
However, in 2024, there were numerous reports that migrants were being detained and deported from Russia en masse without reason, many of them having all the necessary documents, while some were banned from entering the country for life.
After the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, in which citizens of Tajikistan are suspected, thousands of Tajik migrants in Russian cities and regions underwent mass checks and raids. Tajik labor migrants complain that during these raids, law enforcement officers detain even those who have all their documents in order, take them to police stations, and hold them there without food and a place to sleep, treating them poorly. Following this, migrants were deported en masse, with some being forcibly taken to military enlistment offices for further dispatch to the war in Ukraine.
Starting in February 2025, a bill will come into effect prohibiting foreign citizens from working in schools, the pharmaceutical sector, state medical institutions, taxi services, and freight transportation across the country.