DUSHANBE
, June 23, Asia-Plus – 50 Uzbek citizens – students at Tajik State Teachers’
Training
University
– have been deported to
Uzbekistan
.
Igor Sattarov, the head of the Tajik MFA Information Department, has told Asia-Plus that those citizens of the neighboring country were staying in
Tajikistan
illegally, without visas. Besides, there were no stamps in their passports certifying that they passed through border control at the crossing on the Tajik-Uzbek border.
“They are residents of border areas of
Uzbekistan
and they crossed the border, bypassing the border-crossing checkpoint,” said Mr. Sattarov, “As the students put their documents in order they may return to
Tajikistan
and continue studying.”
The MFA spokesman also stressed that in accordance with
Tajikistan
’s legislation criminal proceedings could be instituted against those students for illegally crossing the border.
