Putin noted an increase in deportations of illegal migrants from Russia by 2.6 times
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an increase in the number of expulsions of illegal migrants from the country by more than 2.5 times, citing the report of the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Andrei Kikot, according to which about 100 thousand people were expelled in a year and a half, of which 75 thousand were forcibly.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed issues of migration policy with First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Andrei Kikot, who presented a report on the expulsion of illegal migrants over a year and a half.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted an increase in the number of expulsions of illegal migrants from the country by more than 2.5 times.
According to the report of the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, head of the department’s migration service, Andrei Kikot, about 100 thousand people were expelled over the course of a year and a half, of which 75 thousand were forcibly expelled.
MOSCOW, September 10 - RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted an increase in the number of expulsions of illegal migrants from the country by more than 2.5 times.
The previous evening, the head of state met in the Kremlin with the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, head of the department’s migration service, Andrei Kikot. He presented the president with a report for a year and a half.
“There are 2.6 times more cases of expulsion, you said, administratively?” - Putin asked.
Kikot answered in the affirmative, adding that the result was the expulsion of about 100 thousand people, of which 75 thousand were forcibly expelled.
"What, plus 85%?" - the president clarified.
Open Questions
- Which countries are the main sources of expelled migrants?
- What measures are planned to be taken to further reduce illegal migration?
- How is the effectiveness of forced expulsion compared to administrative expulsion assessed?
