🇷🇺 The Russian Embassy in Latvia is launching a publication series on the Russian pensioners, who following the implementation by the Latvian authorities of discriminatory amendments to the Immigration Law lost their residence permits and are now under the threat of deportation.

❗️Today 's story is about 84-year old L.B.;

• she has been living in the Latvian city of Jekabpils for more than 60 years;

• has worked for 30 years in unhealthy conditions - at Latvian concrete and dolomite plants;

• due to old age and lack of access to modern means of communication, has not been informed in a timely manner about the need to submit documents for obtaining the EU permanent residence permit in a short time;

• in her ninth decade, as a result of the revocation of her residence permit, she lost the right to free medical care and pension, which she regularly received since 1993, now left destitute;

⛔️ Today, she is under threat of expulsion, having no relatives, housing or property in Russia.

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#Russian_Pensioners

🇷🇺 The Russian Embassy in Latvia continues to tell stories about the Russian pensioners, who following the implementation by the Latvian authorities of discriminatory amendments to the Immigration law, have been left destitute and are now under the threat of deportation.

❗️Today's story is about a 72-year-old resident of Liepaja, who is visually impaired at birth and in need of constant care and support;

• in advance, in December 2022, with the assistance of relatives, she began collecting documents to extend her residence permit;

• however, even for an almost blind person, obtaining a medical exemption from the Latvian language exam turned out to be an impossible mission - the woman had to undergo a comprehensive medical check-up. Due to queues for some specialists, the whole process prolonged till November 2023;

• as a result, being unable to receive the coveted certificate on time, the elderly woman had to undergo language testing. Visually impaired, she did not score for obvious reasons the required number of points in such aspects as reading and writing;

• due to the cancellation of a permanent residence permit, the Russian citizen lost the opportunity to receive a pension granted to her for multiple years of work in Latvia and medical care, including the purchase of prescription medications;

• worry and stress caused by the need to undergo an examination and a number of bureaucratic procedures have significantly undermined the already poor health of the elderly person;

⚠️ now she is under the threat of deportation.

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#Discrimination_in_Latvia
#Russian_Pensioners
#Cancellation_Of_Residence_Permits
#Human_Rights_Violation

🇷🇺 The Russian Embassy in Latvia continues to tell stories about Russian pensioners who following implementation by Riga of discriminatory amendments to the law “On Immigration” have lost their residence permits, have been left destitute and are under the threat of deportation:

• Today's story is about 71-year-old spouses from Riga, who suffer from congenital deaf-mutism and have permanent disability;

• being law-abiding citizens, in accordance with migration law, promptly started re-issuing a residence permit;

• however, even having all the necessary documents confirming the status of a disabled person, as well as a certificate of graduation from a school for the deaf, the elderly couple didn't manage to overcome bureaucratic barriers and obtain a medical exemption from the Latvian language exam;

• as a result, as expected, they did not score the required number of points in such sections as speaking and listening;

🚫 due to the failure to pass the exam, the Russian citizens had their permanent residence permit revoked, and received letters with prescription to leave the territory of Latvia;

• as a result, the married couple, who found themselves in an “illegal” situation, have lost access to social benefits, banking services, as well as free medical care in Latvia;

❗️all these atrocities occur despite the explanations of the UN Human Rights Committee, which clearly state that the deportation of people who have lived in the state for more than 10 years is unacceptable without compelling reasons.

#No_To_Discrimination
#Discrimination_in_Latvia
#Russian_Pensioners
#Residence_Permit_Revocation
#Human_Rights_Violation