New business of Ukrainian officials: Refugee status is sold for 4 thousand dollars
Kyiv, April 08 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) - In Ukraine, officials have opened a new business - selling refugee status.
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This was reported by the ICTV channel with reference to Russian oppositionist Mikhail Maglov.
In 2012, he sought asylum in Ukraine, but ended up receiving refugee status in Lithuania within a few months.
Recently he was contacted on social networks with an offer to legalize himself in Ukraine for money.
“They asked if I or my friends needed the opportunity to register in Ukraine,” says Maglov. – Of course, I started asking for details. It turned out that dubious intermediaries offer a whole range of services: obtaining a residence permit - $1200 in two weeks, refugee status - more expensive, already $4000. The point was that all the documents would be official, from the migration service.”
“This suggests that trading citizenship in Ukraine is a new type of business for government officials,” the channel’s journalists suggest.
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