Migration Roundup, 14-10-2026

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  1. Russians holding German residence permits have started being refused bank cards. The refusals are linked to EU sanctions against Russian nationals.
  2. Ireland is preparing a significant tightening of its citizenship rules.
  3. A senior specialist at Bolt may be denied renewal of his Estonian residence permit because of his conscript service in the Russian army.
  4. A Russian citizen is unable to obtain a new international passport and has consequently run into problems renewing his Latvian residence permit.
  5. Russians were barred from ZION Festival in Tbilisi, but after criticism the ban was replaced with a questionnaire on recognising Georgia’s territorial integrity.
  6. In his first 100 days as Latvia’s Interior Minister, Jānis Dombrava has banned 90 people from entering the country.
  7. Residents of the Latvian village of Liepna are concerned about a nearby asylum seekers’ centre.
  8. Since the beginning of the year, at least 89 Belarusians in the US have been placed in immigration detention.
  9. Re-entry: what happens if you return to the US after deportation.
  10. How a Russian man has spent almost two years trying to prove that drugs were planted on him and his girlfriend in Tbilisi. A long read on the inconsistencies in the case of Artem Gribul and Anastasia Zinovkina.

“Chuzhie” (EXILES) is a Russian-speaking community of lawyers defending migrants in Europe. If you need help, write to us here or by email: chuzhie93@gmail.com


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