Head of the
Department for Citizenship and Migration Alexei Begun highlighted that Belarus
"is doing all that is possible to find illegal migrants and channels of
illegal migration".
MINSK, September 24.
/TASS/. Belarus’ law enforcement authorities are closely cooperating with the
Russian side on the 30-day visa-free entry to the republic for foreign
citizens, said head of the Department for Citizenship and Migration at the
Belarusian Interior Ministry Alexei Begun on ONT television channel live on
Sunday.
"The Interior
Ministry is taking preventive and organizational measures jointly with
interested [authorities] to minimize risks. We are cooperating with our Russian
colleagues to remove their concerns over the possibility of penetration of this
category of people (who are banned entry to Russia - TASS) to the Russian
Federation," Begun noted.
He highlighted that
Belarus "is doing all that is possible to find illegal migrants and
channels of illegal migration." "The Interior Ministry is constantly
monitoring the migration flow and certain liberalization [of the visa regime]
did not lead to a growth in criminality and violations on the part of this
category of citizens," said the head of the Belarusian Interior Ministry’s
department.
On July 24, 2018,
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered to prolong the visa-free stay
for foreign citizens from five to 30 days provided they enter the country and
subsequently leave it through the state border at Minsk national airport. The
visa-free regime has been operating against citizens from 80 countries,
including the EU states. The procedure for visa-free movement through the
airport does not affect people who come to Belarus by planes from Russia, as
well as those wishing to fly to Russian airports, as these flights are
domestic, which do not require border control.
Source: ITAR-TASS
24-09-2018
