People walk in front of unidentified armed men patroling near the Simferopol airport on February 28, 2014 (AFP Photo / Genya Savilov)
Up To 143,000 Ukrainians Requested Asylum In Russia In Two Weeks -- RT
Russian migration authorities report a huge spike in requests coming from Ukrainians to seek asylum in Russia, as some 143,000 people filed documents in just two weeks. Officials vow to process the requests in shortest possible time.
“Tragic events in Ukraine have caused a sharp spike in requests coming from this country seeking asylum in Russia,” said chief of citizenship desk Valentina Kazakova. “We monitor figures daily and they are far from comforting. Over the last two weeks of February, some 143,000 people applied.”
Kazakova said most requests come from the bordering areas and especially from Ukraine’s south.
“People are lost, scared and depressed,” she said. “There are many requests from law enforcement services, state officials as they are wary of possible lynching on behalf of radicalized armed groups.”
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My Comment: All of these asylum seekers are Russian - Ukrainians .... and all of them are telling stories of threats and harassment from Ukrainian nationalists. My cousins children are now part of this wave .... her son is with his in-laws in Russia, and her daughter is in Florida with friends.
Update: Some 675,000 Ukrainians Fled to Russia Amid Crisis – Report -- RIA Novosti
Was that the daughter at the barricades?
ReplyDeleteShe is the one. My cousin's daughter had arrangements to go back to Florida anyway (she has a green card and is going through the process of getting a U.S. citizenship). My cousin and her husband are going to stick it out. They have too much at stake in Kiev. I asked them if they need my help .... their advice was to stay away.
ReplyDeleteSo the daughter that was making molotoves and passively fighting for Ukraine has left?
ReplyDeleteA turn-around or fearing the worse...
Bad business this is.
ReplyDeleteGood question D. Plowman. We are peeved-off on what she did. But she is typical of most people .... they do things without appreciating the consequences.
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