MOSCOW. Feb 4 (Interfax) - The Russian Interior Ministry has drafted a bill determining the procedure for deporting migrants with dangerous illnesses from the country, the press center for the Interior Ministry said.
Russia designated HIV, hepatitis B and C, leprosy, tuberculosis, anthrax, plague, and other diseases as among those constituting a danger to the public. Coronavirus was added to this list on January 31, 2020, the press center said.
"If the Russian Interior Ministry's initiative is endorsed, a relevant interagency order will need to be issued in order to implement the provisions of this federal law," the press center said.
According to the press center, the Interior Ministry analyzed the provisions of the legislation regulating the legal status of foreigners suffering from illnesses constituting a danger to the public and in relation to whom the decisions on deportations (readmissions) have already been made for various reasons.
"It was detected that there is a lack of procedure for interaction between the Russian Interior Ministry's territorial branches and medical organizations when resolving issues dealing with the transportation of persons being deported, as well as the requirements for personal and public hygiene," the press center said. "In particular, for infected persons, there are no regulations for medical care and escort to deportation sites," the ministry said.
"In order to eliminate the existing gap in the legal framework, as well as to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among the population of the country and provide assistance to deported foreigners, the federal bill envisaging the authorization of the Russian Interior Ministry and other concerned federal executive bodies to determine the particulars of transporting the aforementioned persons was drafted and submitted to the Russian government on September 30, 2019," the press center said.