Police of the Astrakhan region identified illegal migrants in the tomato field
During Operation Illegal-2026, Astrakhan law enforcement officers stopped violations of migration legislation. In the Volga region detained a foreigner who was in Russia illegally, and in Akhtubinsk found 18 immigrants from Central Asia, some of whom violated the regime of stay.
Employees of the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Volga district, together with the district, checked foreigners who were harvesting tomatoes in the village of Nachalo. One of the workers tried to escape but was caught. He was a citizen of Turkmenistan, who was on the territory of the Russian Federation without legal grounds. The court ordered his forced expulsion from the country.
Six migrants also worked without patents. They, as well as the employer, were brought to administrative responsibility - now they face a fine.
Continuing the raids, migration inspectors in Akhtubinsk found 18 people from Central Asian countries in a private residential building. As told in the GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Astrakhan region, a third of them did not stand for migration registration at this address, which violated the regime of stay in Russia.
All violators were brought to administrative responsibility. Measures to identify channels of illegal migration continue.
Read about the events in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions in the paper number "MK in Volgograd".
