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2022-04-11 17:34:31 UTC
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-people-who- overstayed-world-cup-welcome
Russia will, by the end of March, deport more than 5,000
people who stayed in the country illegally after visiting
for the 2018 World Cup, officials said.
The head of the migration department of the Interior
Ministry, Andrei Kayushin said Friday that of the 650,000
people who received Fan ID permit cards this past summer
for the World Cup, 5,500 have overstayed their visas.
"In the main, they were all law-abiding and left the country
in their own time, he said. "We are undertaking operations
to deport them, and I hope that they will all be deported by
March 30."
Initial reports showed that by the end of the year, 12,000
people had overstayed their permits but Kayushin said that
security services swiftly reduced the number to its current
level.
While some came for the soccer and stayed for the culture,
there were a few cases of people using the Fan ID permit
system to enter Russia as a means to crossing the border
illegally into European Unions countries. There were fewer
cases of some reportedly filing for asylum in Russia.
The 2018 World Cup was held in Moscow from June 14 to July
15. France went on to beat Croatia 4-2 in the final.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
-people-who- overstayed-world-cup-welcome
Russia will, by the end of March, deport more than 5,000
people who stayed in the country illegally after visiting
for the 2018 World Cup, officials said.
The head of the migration department of the Interior
Ministry, Andrei Kayushin said Friday that of the 650,000
people who received Fan ID permit cards this past summer
for the World Cup, 5,500 have overstayed their visas.
"In the main, they were all law-abiding and left the country
in their own time, he said. "We are undertaking operations
to deport them, and I hope that they will all be deported by
March 30."
Initial reports showed that by the end of the year, 12,000
people had overstayed their permits but Kayushin said that
security services swiftly reduced the number to its current
level.
While some came for the soccer and stayed for the culture,
there were a few cases of people using the Fan ID permit
system to enter Russia as a means to crossing the border
illegally into European Unions countries. There were fewer
cases of some reportedly filing for asylum in Russia.
The 2018 World Cup was held in Moscow from June 14 to July
15. France went on to beat Croatia 4-2 in the final.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.