Relaxation due to a coronavirus pandemic, operating in Russia since April last year for foreign citizens, no longer planned. This TASS reported a source in law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
“No, it is not planned to extend yet,” the agency’s interlocutor said in response to the question of whether to extend relief for migrants after June 15.
In April 2020, the decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin entered into force, whose provisions allowed all foreign citizens to temporarily stay and work in the country on legal grounds. In addition, foreigners of violators made it possible to resolve their legal status without any sanctions. The action is saved until June 15 of this year.
In the background service of a single migration center in the Moscow region, TASS also reported that they have no information on the extension of the preferential period of the residence of migrants in Russia. “What happens after June 15 is not clear yet. As far as we know, so far there is no extension of these deadlines. Therefore, if it remains, then in this case, a large number of foreign citizens who did not have time to legalize, will have to cross the border,” the migration The center, explaining that if the migrant was in Russia the entire period of a pandemic, then he will have to go from Russia for three months – 90 days.
In addition, the Migration Center also said that during May-June there were many wishing to resolve their legal status in the country, and therefore large queues were formed. “You can sign up [in order not to stand in the queue], but the fact is that a pre-recording for two weeks forward – those who want a lot. On Tuesday, the 15th day, the record will be conducted on June 29,” the agency’s interlocutor added.
In April of the current year, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Gorovoy, speaking at the plenary meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS, turned to representatives of the CIS countries with a request to conduct preventive work with illegal migrants, which are currently located in Russia in order not to bring Case to their forced expulsion. Gorny also stressed that no law enforcement practice to citizens of the CIS countries for violations of migration regimes would not be applied to June 15. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 1.6 million migrants did not leave Russia after the expiration date in the country from March last year, when a coronavirus infection pandemic began. The measures taken allowed to resolve the legal status of about 400 thousand people.