23 Oct 2013 13:53

3,000 illegal migrants barred from Russia daily - Migration Service

MOSCOW. Oct 23 (Interfax) - More than 300,000 foreign citizens have been kept from entering Russia for violations of Russian laws, Federal Migration Service head Konstantin Romodanovsky said.

"We bar approximately 3,000 illegal migrants every day. Their number has topped 300,000 since the beginning of this year," he said at the State Duma on Wednesday.