Illegal migrants detained in Orsha

The officers of the department for citizenship and migration of the Orsha town interior department jointly with the colleagues from the transport police detained a group of illegal migrants – citizens of the Republic of Iraq, BelTA learnt from the department for citizenship and migration of the interior department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. Five citizens were detained in the course of an inspection in a Moscow-Minsk train on February 6. They presented authentic Iraqi passports with valid Russian visas. Yet they had no Belarus’ visas. They were taken off the train, fined and deported to the Russian Federation. An investigation is underway. According to the department for citizenship and migration, 230 foreign citizens were deported from the oblast in 2007.