MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) - Federal Migration Service head Konstantin Romodanovsky said Chinese migrants' expansion should snot be feared.
"All this is sounds dreadful and horrible, but there is no Chinese expansion to Russia," he told the State Duma on Wednesday.
Most of the Chinese citizens arriving in Russia do so legally, he said.
"Concerning the total number of Chinese nationals, 400,000 arrive in this country each year, which accounts for 3.15% of the total number of migrants - second place among countries with a visa regime," Romodanovsky said.
The largest number of Chinese migrants reside in the Jewish Autonomous Republic, Kalmykia and the Trans-Baikal Territory, he said.
"Most of the Chinese nationals live in Russia legally, but those who are here illegally tend to form enclaves. It is difficult to get information about them, while contacts with the ethnic communities are not easy to establish," Romodanovsky said.
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MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) - Federal Migration Service head Konstantin Romodanovsky said Chinese migrants' expansion should snot be feared.
"All this is sounds dreadful and horrible, but there is no Chinese expansion to Russia," he told the State Duma on Wednesday.
Most of the Chinese citizens arriving in Russia do so legally, he said.
"Concerning the total number of Chinese nationals, 400,000 arrive in this country each year, which accounts for 3.15% of the total number of migrants - second place among countries with a visa regime," Romodanovsky said.
The largest number of Chinese migrants reside in the Jewish Autonomous Republic, Kalmykia and the Trans-Baikal Territory, he said.
"Most of the Chinese nationals live in Russia legally, but those who are here illegally tend to form enclaves. It is difficult to get information about them, while contacts with the ethnic communities are not easy to establish," Romodanovsky said.