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In 2017, the Russians filed a record number of applications for asylum in the US

In 2017, the Russians filed a record number of asylum applications in the United States for the entire post-Soviet period.

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Compared to 2016, the number of such requests increased by 39% a year, writes “Radio Liberty”, Referring to the statistics received from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

According to these data, the number of requests for asylum from Russians increased dramatically after Vladimir Putin once again became President of Russia in 2012.

The US immigration authorities in 2017 for the fiscal year received 2664 new asylum applications from Russian citizens. This is more in 2,5 than in the 2012 year. The 2017 data of the year also broke the record for the entire post-Soviet history of Russia, established in 1994, when the Russians filed applications for asylum to the American 2112 authorities.

USCIS не указывает причины, по которым люди просят убежища, хотя служба уточнила, что для его получения необходимо доказать «преследование или обоснованный страх преследований» в родной стране заявителя «по признаку расы, религии, национальности, политических взглядов или принадлежности к определенной социальной группе».

Human rights activists and immigration lawyers believe that the increase in the number of applications for asylum from Russians in the United States is partly due to the law on sexual minorities and the “prohibition of gay propaganda” adopted in 2013 year.

They responded to the record about the record in the Kremlin, questioning the accuracy of media information.

The Kremlin does not trust media reports about the growing number of Russians who turn to the United States for asylum, writes “Interfax".

На просьбу прокомментировать эту ситуацию пресс-секретарь президента России Дмитрий Песков заявил: «Сейчас море лживой информации, ко всему нужно очень аккуратно подходить. Сходу доверять этим публикациям вряд ли можно”.

2664 asylum claims in the United States represent a tiny percentage of Russia's total 144 million population.

But according to this indicator, the US is ahead of all the countries of the European Union, except Germany. According to the EU immigration authorities, for the year 2017, Germany received 4885 applications from more than 12 600 asylum applications filed by Russians in all 28 EU member states.

“Около 90% граждан России, подавших ходатайство о предоставлении убежища в Германии, являются этническими чеченцами, которые попадают в ЕС через белорусско-польскую границу”, — пояснила руководитель Берлинского института миграционной политики Ольга Гулина.

But in the US, people from different regions of Russia are seeking asylum.

По словам Гулиной, «гуманитарная миграция» россиян в Европу в значительной степени «скрыта».

«Люди предпочитают не подавать прошение об убежище. Они предпочитают искать другие механизмы, в том числе и образовательные программы”, — сказала Гулина.

A January study by the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation states that in the past five years, about 100 000 Russians leave their homeland annually, 40% of these people have a higher education.

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