Putin Signs Law That Refugees Can Retain Status After Receiving Right To Live In Russia

Putin Signs Law That Refugees Can Retain Status After Receiving Right to Live in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has on Friday signed a federal law allowing foreign citizens who entered Russia as refugees to maintain this status even after they have received a permanent residence permit in the country

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st July, 2020) Russian President Vladimir Putin has on Friday signed a Federal law allowing foreign citizens who entered Russia as refugees to maintain this status even after they have received a permanent residence permit in the country.

The new law was published on the Russian government's official legal portal.

The law stipulates that refugees who attain permanent residence will retain a guarantee that they will not be sent back to their homeland against their will, which could endanger their lives or their freedom.