INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hundreds of migrant workers hailing predominantly from Central Asia have been rounded up in a wave of police raids that has swept several
to complete their compulsory military registration
Some are handed military summons on the spot, while others are forcibly taken to military enlistment offices, according to local media
workers to bolster its manpower in Ukraine
When combined with a number of other factors, including the country's wartime economic downturn, they risk deterring a growing number of
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Following a brief rebound in 2021, Russia experienced a fresh wave of labor outflow with the start of the war in Ukraine and subsequent
Western sanctions.A raid to detect illegal migrants in Chelyabinsk.31tv.ruJust 4 million migrants came to Russia to work in 2022, according
Though the inflow of workers increased in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, the significant dip in the
send money back home and the fact that it's not the same amount of money as it was before, the decrease in the number of migrants is
already report having to take on additional jobs and work 15-hour days to adjust for the changing exchange rate between the ruble and their
legal assistance from migrant laborers working in Russia
Contrary to what the volume of media reports might suggest, the number of monthly appeals received by Chupik and her colleagues peaked in
AgencyWhile some detainees, according to Chupik, report being denied the chance to read a document handed to them before signing, others say
they were tricked into signing unmarked or partially concealed pieces of paper which, in fact, were part of a legally binding
explained, noting that Russian police also have no legal right to review migration documents upon detention or use the review as a pretext
according to the BBC Russian service
But because Russia carefully conceals the number and demographics of its forces fighting and being killed in Ukraine, the real number could
Asia have also been recruited to work in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, according to investigations by independent Kyrgyz news
Sergei Mironov, the head of the conservative A Just Russia party, called on Russian authorities to introduce additional obstacles for
number of crimes committed by migrants in the first half of 2023 compared to the latter half of 2022, though failing to mention that crimes
defender Chupik said that the recent raids have not been conducted by the authorities alone but were aided by Russian neo-Nazi groups such
as The Slavic Union, which allegedly has the unofficial backing of the state police forces and consists, among others, of former policemen
