During the period from April 26 to April 30, out of 3101 Tajik nationals arriving at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, 643 were deported after having been left stranded without appropriate conditions, an official source within the Tajik Foreign Ministry told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, a decision has been made to deport another 117 Tajik nationals.
“Currently, these nationals are also kept in inhumane conditions in temporary detention area of the Vnukovo Airport.”
The source further added that a similar difficult situation is also observed at Moscow’s Zhukovsky and Domodedovo airports.
Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry again calls on Tajik citizens to refrain from traveling to the Russian Federation.
Recall, the Tajik Foreign Ministry said on April 28 that about 1000 Tajik nationals have been left stranded at Moscow airports due to tightened passport and custom controls in the wake of a terror attack last month. Hundreds of arriving Tajiks have been informed that they are barred from entering Russia, leaving them inside the airport as they seek a resolution.
