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Articles with tag "Migration"

Troubling trend

Russia’s Natural Population Declines for 4th Straight Year – Audit Chamber

Russia's demographic crisis shows no sign of slowing.
Migration underworld

Russian Smuggling Route Linked to British Migrant Truck Deaths, Reports Say

The unnamed suspect is accused of collecting thousands of dollars from Vietnamese villagers to illegally travel to Europe via Russia.
Moscow Calling

Putin Gives Russian Passports to Old Believers in U.S., Brazil

The communities are planning to relocate to Russia's Far East.
passports

Latvia Rules to Grant Citizenship to Immigrants’ Children

10 percent of Latvia's residents hold “non-citizen passports” that bar them from voting.
Out of options

Russian Migrant Goes On Hunger Strike Against Latvian Residency Exam

Kirill Ivanov went on hunger strike after Latvia refused to grant a medical exemption to his mother-in-law for a residency exam.
Targeted raids

St. Petersburg Police Round Up 800 Migrant Workers After Mass Brawl

Police were searching for the instigators of the brawl, which involved 50 migrants in St. Petersburg’s market area.
Anti-migrant crime

St. Petersburg Authorities Probe Stabbing of Uzbek Migrant as Hate Crime

Photographs showed one of the detained suspects wearing tattoos of Nazi symbols.
'economic anxiety'

Xenophobia Is Still On the Rise in Russia – Poll

The increase in negative attitudes toward migrants comes amid rising worries over poverty, experts said.
New arrivals

Russia's FSB Publishes Foreign Worker Statistics for First Time in 20 Years

President Putin plans to use work-related migration to offset Russia's population decline.
Immigration influx

Russia’s Migrant Numbers Surge to Highest Levels in a Decade, Study Says

The increase in new migrants looks like “an anomaly” compared to last year's numbers, the study said.
Asylum denied

Russia to Deport Togolese National Facing Death Penalty at Home

“Bozobeyidou Batoma can’t be put on a plane and forced to return to Togo, death awaits him there,” activists warned.
Path to citizenship

Russia Plans to Simplify Citizenship for Foreign Students, Official Says

The move could help Russia offset its falling population and record-low migration numbers.
Teaching Russian

Russia Takes Baby Steps Toward Integrating the Children of Immigrants

The country’s reliance on migrant workers to offset population decline poses a language challenge.
Dwindling numbers

Russia’s Migrant Numbers Hit Record Low in 2018

For the first time in a decade, migration has been unable to cancel out Russia’s population decline.
Migrant crackdown

Hundreds of Migrants Detained in Siberian Mass Raids, Reports Say

"There were no grounds for detention: they were simply ‘picked by skin color,’” a migrant rights activist said.
Expat life

Record Number of Russians Want to Emigrate – Gallup

The U.S. pollster tracked a correlation between changes in Russians’ migratory mood and President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings.
Out of work

Siberian Region Bans Migrant Workers Amid Tensions Over Rape Case

The Siberian republic of Sakha has been rocked by anti-migrant protests and sentiments in recent weeks.
Shut down

Siberian City Grinds to a Halt After Locals Protest Rape Linked to Migrant

Local police have vowed to crack down on “the instigators of ethnic strife.”
Open doors

Kremlin Seeks Russian-Speaking Migrants to Offset Population Decline

Russia needs up to 300,000 additional people per year to keep its population consistent.
build the wall

Latvia Builds Barbed Wire Fence on Russian Border to Combat Migration

The 2.7-meter-tall fence alternates between sensor-based systems and surveillance camera zones.
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