During 2018, the Russian State Migration Service almost did not […]

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Problems of access to asylum application procedure that were typical in Moscow and Moscow region have expanded to a larger scale in 2014.

For World Refugee Day 2018, Civic Assistance Committee has published the data on the institution of asylum in Russia in 2017. The key finding from this research is that the institution of asylum has declined further from its previous position. The report has been prepared by Konstantin Troitsky, a research associate at Civic Assistance Committee.

A few months ago, Civic Assistance Committee began receiving applicants having problems with access to Moscow kindergartens. In a short time, ten families appealed to us regarding sixteen children despite the fact that few people even among our permanent applicants are aware that we have started to offer consultations on the issue.

How the migration services in Moscow Region issued fines to asylum seekers totalling almost half a million roubles in just four months.

Refugees and migrants children are often left out of the education system. Despite the fact that everyone has the right to learn, in practice parents are asked to present a registration at the place of residence, and children are expected to have proficiency in Russian. Above is the Civic Assistance Committee report on the issue.

These days Migration services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation have been constantly denying Syrian refugees asylum and recommending them to go back home.

The present report is intended to comprehensively examine adherence to the rights of Chechen Republic and Republic of Ingushetia residents in carceral facilities of the Russian Federation, and to draw attention to the most urgent problems in the implementation of their rights.

Over the past few years Russian courts arduously expell migrants from the country, usually in flagrant violation of procedures and other norms.