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Articles with tag "Migration"

STUCK IN LIMBO

Coronavirus Border Closures Leave Migrant Workers Stranded in Moscow’s Airports

Dozens of citizens of Central Asian countries have been living in departure halls for over a week.
longer than life

Russian Sailors Jailed in Greece for 400 Years for Trafficking Migrants – Reports

The sailors claim that they were initially hired to tow yachts and then received threats when they objected to trafficking people.
demographic crisis

Russia’s Population May Drop by 12M in 15 Years – Rosstat

Deaths will outnumber births in all scenarios, Rosstat predicted.
emigration

Israel Denies Entry to Thousands of Russians Amid Asylum Spike – Haaretz

Israeli officials have noted a surge in asylum requests from Russia in recent years.
demographics

Russia’s Natural Population Decline to Hit 11-Year Record in 2019

In previous years, Russia's natural population decline was offset by migrant inflows.
Closed doors

Russian Man Arrested Over Fake EU Border Scam

He allegedly led a group of migrants through a fake set of border markings before taking their money.
MOVING MONEY

Tajik Remittances From Russia Could Stop – Kommersant

New banking rules in the ex-Soviet state threaten to deprive families of financial support from relatives working in Russia.
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.
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