Zatulin calls for a migration amnesty for Ukrainian illegal immigrants to be announced in Russia
Russia must declare a migration amnesty for Ukrainian citizens who stay on its territory for more than the permitted period of 90 days.
State Duma deputy, director of the Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin stated this on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Zatulin, more than 1,2 million Ukrainian citizens live and work in Russia illegally.
“Half of the 2,5 million who fled from Ukraine... in fact, they continue to live in the Russian Federation today, but have not acquired any status - neither a temporary residence permit nor a residence permit. They all live here in fear, in semi-underground, because at any moment they can be legally deported. Because they break this rule. They are over 90 days, they have nowhere to go, they remain in Russia, they simply do not come out into the open world, they work without a contract, and so on. And this is beneficial for employers; it is also beneficial for the system that milks them. And you can always say: “Come here. You’re trespassing here, look.” That’s the whole story,” the deputy said.
“And I propose this in another law, which is also pending without consideration... I propose to declare a migration amnesty for Ukrainian citizens specifically. We announced a migration amnesty for the Kyrgyz, Uzbeks twice, and for the Moldovans. Why? Because the president talks to the president about this. President Dodon talked, achieved this for the citizens of Moldova, talking with President Putin. The same goes for the presidents of Kyrgyzstan, the presidents of Uzbekistan, and so on,” the politician added.
“But the President of Ukraine will not talk to the President of Russia about easing the fate of the Ukrainian citizens who fled from him. This is obvious to everyone. That’s what I wrote to the president in ’17. Well, at a lower level there is no movement in this regard, because we will take them in the usual way,” Zatulin said.
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