Latvia may deport hundreds of Russians
Pravda Ukraine
The Latvian authorities can deport 800 Russians who do not have the right to stay in the country.
Source: Suspilne, citing Madara Puķe, representative of the Latvian Migration Department, in an interview with the TV3 channel
Quote: “At the moment, 800 individuals have not received the right to stay in Latvia. They have not applied for either permanent or temporary residence…
We have provided information about these individuals to the State Border Guard Service for further verification.
In the coming weeks, whether these people are still in Latvia will become clear. If they are, orders for departure for 30 days will be issued.”
Details: Puķe said that Russian citizens who have not passed the Latvian language exam could apply for a temporary residence permit for two years, after which their knowledge of the Latvian language will be re-evaluated, with the threat of deportation.
Background:
- Earlier, the Constitutional Court of Latvia deemed it lawful to require Russians who were previously citizens of the country and had a permanent residence permit to pass an exam in Latvian.
- The Citizenship and Migration Department of Latvia stated in January 2024 that deportation from the country threatens 1,167 Russian citizens, 789 of whom are over 60 years old, and it is unknown how many of them have already left the country.
- However, Latvia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Rihards Kozlovskis acknowledged that instead of mass deportations, individual ones are more likely.
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