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Friday, 22 August 2003

MOSCOW AUTHORITIES TO \'PROTECT\' MIGRANT WORKERS

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By empty (8/22/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

More than 60 illegal immigrants have been detained at the Moscow International Air Show since it opened on 19 August, and deportation orders have already been issued for four illegal migrants from Uzbekistan. Moscow Vice Mayor Valerii Shantsev declared on 20 August that city authorities do not intend to rescind the new registration rules for people from other cities arriving Moscow to work. According to Shantsev, the rules might be amended, but \"we will protect these people, who should not become 21st-century slaves.
More than 60 illegal immigrants have been detained at the Moscow International Air Show since it opened on 19 August, and deportation orders have already been issued for four illegal migrants from Uzbekistan. Moscow Vice Mayor Valerii Shantsev declared on 20 August that city authorities do not intend to rescind the new registration rules for people from other cities arriving Moscow to work. According to Shantsev, the rules might be amended, but \"we will protect these people, who should not become 21st-century slaves.\" NTV reported earlier that under the new rules, any enterprise wishing to employ a person who is registered as a resident of another city will have to submit 12 application forms and documents, and a special commission will take up to one month to study each application. (RFE/RL)
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