Posted on 12/09/2016 12:16:03 PM PST by Lorianne
Russian human rights organization Civil Assistance says that the Russian authorities are unwilling to grant asylum to Syrian refugees and have a distorted view of the situation in the Middle Eastern country.
A new report from the organization, "Syrian Refugees in Russia," paints a bleak picture of the plight of these refugees in Russia. From 2011 to 2015, 2,011 Syrian citizens have requested permanent asylum in Russia, but only one received it, Civil Assistance wrote. Syrians requesting temporary asylum have been more successful – out of 4,442 applicants, 3,306 received asylum. However, temporary asylum status in Russia only lasts for one year and cannot be renewed, meaning the problem remains.
According to data from the now-disbanded Federal Migration Service (FMS), as of April 2016 (when FMS was incorporated into the Interior Ministry), there were 7,096 Syrian citizens in Russia. This figure includes Syrian diplomats and those Syrians who migrated to Russia before the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
Since the first half of 2016, the FMS refused temporary asylum to 57 individuals, and refused to extend the temporary asylum of 17. The FMS decisions often cited improvement of the situation in Syria as a reason for the refusal.
Officials recommended that not only males, but also women and children return to Syria, which they declared "safe." In January, one Syrian was denied temporary asylum by officials who cited an agreement between the Syrian government and moderate opposition groups as proof that the refugee could return home.
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because they are definitely smarter than the obama administration.
self-defense instinct ... is still alive.... in Russia, anyway
They have their own Muslim problem. Why ask for more?
Russia: +1
In other news today:
Russian Authorities ace intelligence test Western Authorities claim impossible to pass.
Russia already has its own Islamic terrorists it is dealing with.
Human Rights Group: Russian Authorities Don’t Want to Accept Syrian Refugees......
Russian Authorities to Human Rights Group: Go and pound sand....
Why should they? Or take only Christians, who we’re not accepting, of course.
Why doesn't Saudi Arabia take them?
Ha, ha, so true.
The SAUDIS are accepting NO REFUGEES.
Now how can we explain that?
It is the elephant in the room that the media ignores and so does the LEFT.
Putin is not an idiot. Unlike Obama, who will except every dreg from every third World country no questions asked. My gosh January 20 can’t come quick enough!
They have more than two brain cells. Russia wants to remain Russia and not become somalia.
My, my, the more I see of Vlad in Syria, the more I like him.
What could anyone have against these poor little angels.
Russians aren’t stupid.
If Putin is wise he will not permit entry of any of these people into Russia, and he will immediately order the expulsion of every one of them now in the country. Otherwise he will be faced with the same debacle now existing in
Germany and other countries in western Europe.
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