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Russia: Mandatory medical exams for migrants may shift to state-controlled facilities
Source: INFOX

Russia: Mandatory medical exams for migrants may shift to state-controlled facilities

24 January 2025
Translated with google. Scroll down for original article in Russian. Russia has proposed to change the conditions for medical examinations for migrants. The head of the Health Protection Committee Sergey Leonov announced the need to ban the provision of mandatory...
Russia: 25 foreign nationals living with HIV or tuberculosis deported from Dagestan
Source: Makhachkala news/Махачкалинские известия

Russia: 25 foreign nationals living with HIV or tuberculosis deported from Dagestan

29 December 2024
The Department of Rospotrebnadzor for Dagestan decided to deport 25 foreign citizens in connection with the detection of dangerous infectious diseases in them. In 2024, 13,214 foreign citizens underwent a medical examination in Dagestan. Among them, 25 cases of infectious...
Russia: New bill introduces broader disease testing for migrants, including hepatitis
Source: National Accent

Russia: New bill introduces broader disease testing for migrants, including hepatitis

1 October 2024
Translated with Deepl.com. Scroll down for original article in Russian The Russian government has already supported the bills against illegal migration. New initiatives are next – the introduction of a Russian language exam for foreign children and the expansion of...
Russia: Immigrants deported for failing medical examination that includes HIV test
Source: Pulse 19

Russia: Immigrants deported for failing medical examination that includes HIV test

12 July 2024
Translated from Russian by IA – Scroll down for article in Russian In 2024, bailiffs of Khakassia expelled 74 foreign citizens from Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Belarus from the Russian Federation. According to the UFSSP of Khakassia, they mainly...
HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil
Source: UNAIDS

HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil

17 April 2024
Countries affected by the migration crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prompted by the war in Ukraine and other turmoil in the region, have had to put in place measures so that all displaced people have access to essential...
Russia: Court finds refusal to let migrant woman stay in Russia because of her HIV status unlawful
Source: Кавказ.Реалии

Russia: Court finds refusal to let migrant woman stay in Russia because of her HIV status unlawful

17 November 2022
Translated via Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. The Krasnodar Territory Department of the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service decided that Uzbek citizen X. was undesirable in Russia because of her HIV...
Russia: Laws that restrict migrants with HIV and deny them medical care increases the burden on the health care system
Source: Life4me

Russia: Laws that restrict migrants with HIV and deny them medical care increases the burden on the health care system

13 January 2022
Automated translation via Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. Laws that restrict the stay of foreign nationals with HIV, as well as the denial of free medical care, may be one of the causes of a hidden...
Russia: Medical documents showing negative HIV status and no drug addiction required for stays over 90 days
Source: TASS

Russia: Medical documents showing negative HIV status and no drug addiction required for stays over 90 days

22 November 2021
Automated translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down MOSCOW, November 19. / TASS /. Labor migrants and foreign citizens who have arrived in Russia for a period of more than 90 days may be obliged to provide the Ministry...
Russia: Law prohibiting migrants living with HIV from staying in the country does not just legalise discrimination, it also endangers their lives
Source: Takikh Dela/«Таких Дел»

Russia: Law prohibiting migrants living with HIV from staying in the country does not just legalise discrimination, it also endangers their lives

21 July 2021
Automated Google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down Russia still has a law prohibiting HIV-infected migrants from staying in the country. This norm does not just legalise discrimination – it puts people in mortal danger who...
Russia: Migrants workers to undergo HIV testing every 3 months
Source: Kloop

Russia: Migrants workers to undergo HIV testing every 3 months

5 July 2021
Automatic google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law on state fingerprint registration of visa-free foreign citizens in Russia. According to the law, visa-free foreigners will now have...
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