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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Russia > Asylum seekers and refugees

Russia promises to establish asylum procedures

By Liz Fekete

1 April 1995

In answer to questions from Amnesty International, the Russian foreign ministry has stated that some progress is being made in the attempt to establish fair and satisfactory asylum procedures which meet international standards.

Amnesty International had previously complained of:

• police harassment, threats of extortion and the confiscation of identity documents of asylum-seekers by law enforcement officers;
• the forcible expulsion of 20 Afghans with a well-founded fear of persecution who were arrested on 8 August in the Krasnodar territory and returned to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan.

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