Paul Goble
Staunton, Oct. 21 – A new set of data from the Russian Supreme Court shows that judicial repression of migrant workers is increasing even though the number of immigrants in the Russian Federation is falling but undercuts claims by some officials that immigrants are the source of increases in violent crime.
Below are the key findings of this data set as explored by the Important Stories portal (istories.media/news/2024/10/21/sudi-protiv-migrantov/):
· For the first half of 2024, Russian courts convicted approximately 86,000 immigrants, as many as during all of 2022 and putting them on track to be the highest level ever.
· During the same period, the courts took up 124,000 cases involving immigrants. About 100,000 involved violation of immigration rules, another 16,000 for violations of employment law, and only about 10,000 for violating all other Russian laws.
· Migrants and other foreigners formed about four percent of all those convicted of criminal violations, a figure that hasn’t changed from earlier years, despite claims by officials that immigrants are powering a crime wave.
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