Police carried out a raid targeting migrants at the Yekaterinburg refrigeration plant.

      Police and Rosgvardia officers, during a raid at a cold-storage facility in Yekaterinburg, discovered 81 migrants; most turned out to be illegal. Detectives are identifying the organizer of the illegal migration at the food production site, the city's Interior Ministry press group reported.

      "During the operation, in rented premises at 13 Zavokzalnaya Street, police uncovered a dormitory where citizens of Central Asian republics were living. Nearby a fish-processing workshop was found where those individuals were working," the police noted.

      As it turned out, most of the workers had violated migration laws; 47 people were deported from the Russian Federation. A criminal case has been opened on the charge of organizing illegal migration.

      On the eve of the New Year, security forces carried out a raid targeting migrants at Koltsovo Airport.

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Police carried out a raid targeting migrants at the Yekaterinburg refrigeration plant.

Police and National Guard officers discovered 81 migrants during a raid at a cold‑storage plant in Yekaterinburg; most of them were undocumented. Investigators are working to identify the organizer of the illegal migration at the food production facility.