Russia is massively importing migrants from Central Asia to the temporarily occupied territories and recruiting them into the army - CNS
Kyiv • UNN
The occupiers are taking documents from migrants from Central Asia and forcing them to fight. Tens of thousands of foreigners are used as cheap labor and reserves.
In the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula, Russian authorities are increasingly involving labor migrants from Central Asian countries in urban improvement and construction works. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (CPD), informs UNN.
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It is noted that a significant part of such workers work without proper documents. Often, their passports and other documents are taken by foremen or intermediaries, which makes people completely dependent on employers.
In addition to exploitation at work, migrants also become objects of pressure from Russian security forces. Government representatives and military commissariats use the threat of deportation or problems with documents to force natives of Central Asia to sign contracts with the Russian army
According to various estimates, tens of thousands of migrants from Central Asian countries may have already been recruited into the Russian army, initially used as cheap labor in the occupied territories, and subsequently as a reserve to replenish troops.
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