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June 18th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
In 2014 Russia received the world’s largest number of applications from asylum seekers fleeing repression or war in their home countries, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in its annual report.
The report states that about 275,000 foreigners applied for
political asylum in 2014, claiming that they suffer from wars or
unfounded persecution at home. Seven thousand of these were
applications for refugee status and almost 268,000 were requests
for temporary asylum.
The same report notes that the surge in the number of asylum
applications was extremely acute in 2014, the year of the Ukraine
conflict. In previous years, it was never higher than 5,000.
The UN confirmed that the military conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass
region was the main reason for the surge in asylum applications.
Over 271,000 requests came from Ukrainian citizens, making 99
percent of the total number, the report reads. Another possible
factor is that Russian authorities proved to be much more
tolerant in their approach to Ukrainian applicants than their
colleagues from Western countries. Russia and Belarus fulfilled
90 percent of the asylum requests and nations such as UK, France,
Poland or Finland accepted no more than 10 percent of Ukrainian
asylum seekers. The US, Canada and Germany proved to be more
hospitable and fulfilled between 35 and 65 percent of requests,
but these numbers are still far lower than the Russian figures,
wrote the UN researchers.
The report also stated that in 2014 Ukraine surpassed the
previous years’ leader, Syria, by the number of people who wanted
to flee their homeland. About one-fifth of a total 1.47 million
asylum requests was made by Ukrainians and 94 percent of these
requests were made in Russia.
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Russian sources estimate that the overall number of Ukrainian
citizens who have fled to Russia from war in their country is
about 1 million. It is difficult to get a precise figure, because
Russia and Ukraine still have a visa-free regime between them and
many people come and stay without registering as refugees.
However, the current situation has prompted a group of Russian
MPs to suggest seriously easing the procedure of getting Russian
residence permits and citizenship for Ukrainians. The sponsors of
the motion suggested that Russian passports should be
automatically issued to Ukrainians who come to Russia and
officially renounce their Ukrainian citizenship.
Russian government officials have already taken numerous steps
aimed at easing the life of Ukrainian refugees in the country. In
August 2014, the Federal Migration Service allowed Ukrainians to
prolong their 90-day visa free stay for 180 days, adding that
they wouldn’t be punished for minor violations of migration
rules.
The head of the agency proposed a public discussion on a bill
giving regional migration officials authority to grant temporary
asylum to Ukrainians within three days instead of the current
three months and to cancel the obligatory health test required
for this.
However, some nationalist politicians warned against the influx
of refugees and suggested some additional regulations. In
particular, MP Roman Khudyakov, of the LDPR party, drafted a bill
proposing a cut in benefit payments to refugees if they refuse to
take jobs offered by Russian employment centers.
Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/268063-russia-asylum-un-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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