Migration Roundup (9–13 October)

1. Meduza spoke with Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin, whom Latvia has placed on its list of personae non gratae. EXILES lawyer Jelizaveta Krivcova earlier explained how this mechanism is used to restrict the rights of foreign nationals.
2. “My husband has gone on hunger strike”: relatives of detainees described the protests at a US immigration detention centre.
3. Lithuanian police are investigating the circumstances of an incident in which a psychiatrist refused to see a minor patient in Russian.
4. The European Union will consider issuing Russian tourists Schengen visas valid only in a limited territory.
5. Lithuania’s Seimas has passed at first reading amendments restricting Russians and Belarusians from buying property near strategically important facilities.
6. The US Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a ruling that will make it harder for holders of passports from developed democracies to establish their eligibility for asylum.
7. Kazakhstan is tightening its rules on employing foreign nationals.
8. In Turkey, citizenship may be revoked over fictitious property investments.
9. Kazakhstan has relaxed the rules on opening bank accounts and issuing cards to foreign nationals without residence permits.
10. Bulgaria’s parliament is debating amendments that would tie the retention of temporary and permanent residence permits to the person’s actual presence in the country.

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