MOSCOW. Sept 24 (Interfax-AVN) - The migration inflow overwhelmed Russia so much, that it really threatens Russia's both social-economic and political stability, and national security, Viktor Ozerov, head of the Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday.
"The dynamics of the huge inflow of migrants is proved by the following figures: in 1991-2002 over seven million people moved into Russia, while just over three million left the country," he said.
"According to various estimates, at the present time the total number of illegal migrants equals one to ten million people, while this figure is expected to increase up to 19 million people by 2010. At the same time, according to Prosecutor General's Office, about 96,000 criminals, wanted in the former CIS member-states, live in Russia as migrants," Ozerov emphasized.
"It is a must to adopt at least 20 federal laws and in excess of 250 by-laws in the near future in order to successfully control migration," Ozerov believes.
"The transparency of Russian borders for criminals, illegal migrants, and smugglers is caused by the fact that at the present time about one fifth of Russian borders, i.e. 13,500 km, is not guarded," Ozerov said.
"In this light it is not surprising that official information, submitted by Japan, on sea products, procured in Russia, exceed figures, presented by the Russian government, by USD1.5bn," Ozerov noted.
At the present time about 70% of all Norwegian fish processing enterprises use Russian resources, while Turkey, which has no sturgeon stock of its own, sells up to 500 tonnes of black caviar a year, he said.