Sunday, March 6, 2011

RUSSIA - Railing against immigrants in Moscow

"The mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin has declared war on illegal immigrants", says Kommersant. On 1 March, it launched a campaign to conduct raids on abandoned buildings, attics and basements against the illegal aliens. Such attacks have already been made in railway stations and markets in the capital.

Moreover, Sobyanin orders that foreign workers in good standing receive medical coverage, housing and a minimum wage, without explaining precisely how. He also asked employers to hire a priority of Russian citizens. The authorities reduced the quota of foreign workers to Moscow, set at 200 000 persons in 2011, 50,000 fewer than the previous year.

For all of Russia, the quota amounts to 1.74 million against 1.94 million foreign workers in 2010.

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