In Bashkortostan the largest number of illegal immigrants are accounted for citizens of Uzbekistan

UFA, 25 September 2014. /Bashinform News Agency,Sergey Zakharov/. From the beginning of the year, employees of the Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service of Bashkortostan forcibly deported outside Russia 400 migrant workers from countries near and far abroad, among them - 23 women. All of them were illegal residents in the territory of the country or had other violations in the field of migration law.

“Among the leaders are the citizens of Uzbekistan (246), Tajikistan (48 people), Azerbaijan (25 people), Vietnam (14 people). Besides them groups of illegal migrants from Georgia, Turkey, Montenegro and other countries were deported”, the head of the press service of the Ministry Sergey Spatar said.

He also reminded that the powers to expel foreign nationals and stateless persons outside of Russia were transferred to Bailiff Service from law enforcement agencies in 2012.