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At Moscow’s camp for illegal migrants remain 544 foreigners

Over 4,500 immigrants have been sent to facilities of the Interior Ministry when the operation has been started
Photo ITAR-TASS / Artyom Geodakian
Photo ITAR-TASS / Artyom Geodakian

MOSCOW, August 4 (Itar-Tass) - At Moscow’s camp for illegal immigrants remain 544 foreigners, press service of the Moscow police said on Sunday.

“At the camp for illegal migrants, which is organised in eastern Moscow, 544 people are waiting for being deported,” the press service said.

Earlier, policemen found 1,436 illegal immigrants in different districts. Over 4,500 immigrants have been sent to facilities of the Interior Ministry when the operation has been started. “At present, a total of 396 foreigners, mostly Vietnamese citizens, who should be expelled from Russia, stay in the immigrant camp,” policemen said.

They noted that several detainees had been carried to centres for foreigners.

The Main Interior Directorate for Moscow reported that a total of 1,200 Vietnamese citizens had been detained in the east of Moscow and revealed 20 clandestine manufactures. Policemen also found illegal workshops and detained 200 illegal immigrants from Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, policemen said.

The police confiscated fake passports, as well as traumatic arms and firearms, the source said.