Russia welcomes migrants but fights illegals, Kremlin spokesman says Dmitry Peskov. So he commented on the words of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putinwho proposed to expel migrants from the country for extremism and violations of law and order.
“Migrants are those whom we welcome. And illegal migrants are the environment that is accompanied by an increased level of crime and requires special attention from the authorities,” Peskov is quoted as saying. TASS.
According to him, it is quite natural that this problem is discussed at a high level.
February 17 Putin commented on illegal migration at a meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier on Friday, February 18, it became known that Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, plans to hold a meeting on the situation in the Urals Federal District. His topic will be the situation in the field of migration.