Migrations checked the addresses declared by the Russian passengers: most were not there or were fake addresses

staff of the Migration Permanence Control Department in collaboration with members of the Federal Police They made a Friday operating control based on data provided by Russian tourists who arrived the day before on the flight Turkish Airlines TK15from Istanbul.

He was ordered by the Director of Migration, Florence Carignano, as part of investigations into the mass arrival of pregnant Russian women who have their children in Argentina to obtain passports and citizenship. The official coordinated efforts with the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, who facilitated the participation of the Federal Police.

According to reserved report you have accessed GlobeLiveMedia, a total of 25 homes in the city of Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata were visited. These are the addresses that passengers declared when they entered the country.

The results of the operation seem to confirm the suspicions of the authorities, who denounced the actions of “mafia organizations“who take advantage of the so-called”birth tourism”.

Of the 25 addresses: 3 were non-existent; 9 existed but the person wanted was not there; in 10 other casescould not be verified if the people were there, according to the data obtained at the time of the immigration control” (for example, because it was a building but the floor or the apartment was not cleared); Only in 3 cases were they able to find the corresponding traveler.

This afternoon, Carignano detailed the reasons why Russian pregnant women come to give birth in Argentina: “We have managed, by incorporating technology, procedures and work, to have one of the most secure passports in the world which allows you to enter 173 countries without a visa and obtain it for 10 years in the United States”. And he warned: “It is a privilege that we must take care of and a responsibility with these countries.”

Yesterday, the official explained that over the past year, 21,000 men and women from Russia have entered the country. However, the fact that stands out is that there was more than 10,500 pregnant women came to the country just to give birth. In fact, more than 7,000 are no longer in Argentina.

It is unusual migration flow alerted the national authorities who decided to interview more than 400 women to understand the phenomenon. “They all said the same thing: that they had bought a wrapthey even gave us the name of the agency, to come and make children and they recognized that what they wanted was to be able leave with the passport“, he said in an interview with Jorge Rial for C5N.

As detailed at GlobeLiveMedia Migration sources, of the three cases that provided correct information, two admitted to having come to Argentina to give birth. They were staying at the Esplendor and Aires Express hotels in the city of Buenos Aires.

The first details that they came to Argentina for the birth of their son, including to the German hospital, on the recommendation of a Russian personal friend, who previously worked at the Russian Embassy in Argentina.

Following an anonymous complaint, the National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 1headed by Judge Maria Romilda Servini, and the Migration Affairs Division of the Superintendence of Federal Investigations of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), have focused on the so-called “birth tourism” which has increased in recent times and has managed to identify the hypotheses agency managers that he would have managed irregularly and with great speed, the granting of false permanent residences to these women.

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