Over 5,000 illegal migrants have been deported from Moscow this year, RIA Novosti reports.
The problem of illegal migrants has been a topical problem in Russia this year. One of the migrant-related incidents provoking public outrage was an attack on police officers by illegal migrants at the Matveyevsky Market. Another incident took place at West Biryulyovo, where an interethnic clash was provoked by the murder of a young man by a suspect of Azerbaijani origin named Orkhan Zeynalov.
