Russian media cited sources close to the Moscow city police department on August 18 as saying that dozens of migrant workers were officially summoned to enlistment centers following police raids over the weekend. The raids were held to locate illegal immigrants and check if naturalized Russian citizens from former Soviet republics comply with a recently adopted law that obliges new Russian passport holders to go through military registration. Since January, police raids on labor migrants from Central Asia have increased across Russia. Some detained labor migrants have been forcibly brought to military enlistment centers where they were forced to sign contracts for deployment in Ukraine. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Moscow Police Reportedly Force Migrant Workers To Enlist Amid Raids
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