“Nearly 800 Thousand Foreigners Restricted from Entering Russia, Says Head of Main Directorate for Migration”

The head of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Valentina Kazakova, said that 797.8 thousand foreigners have restrictions on entry into the Russian Federation. According to her, the decision to refuse entry is mainly made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Penitentiary Service (97.8 thousand people were not allowed in), the FSB (88.8 thousand), Rospotrebnadzor and the FMBA (34.9 thousand) are also involved in the process. .), FCS and Rosfinmonitoring (11.7 thousand).

“We are closing (entry.— “uh”) almost 70%, or 548 thousand, to foreign citizens,” said Ms. Kazakova at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (cited by Interfax). The reasons why foreign citizens may not be allowed into the country, she did not give.

In March, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that in 2022 the number of migrants deported from Russia had increased by more than 2.5 times, but he did not name the exact number. According to FinExpertiza, 3.47 million foreign citizens came to work in the country last year, which is a third more than a year earlier. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared regulations on depriving migrants of work permits.

About the situation with migrants – in the material “Kommersant” “Migration re-registration”.

Laura Keffer