{"id":133263,"date":"2025-04-07T14:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133263\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"minsk-police-crack-down-on-migrant-workers-from-turkmenistan-and-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133263\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk police crack down on migrant workers from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zaderzhanie_mvd_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Interior ministry&#039;s video\/Pozirk&#039;s still)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Police have arrested three men in Minsk for using forged documents to help migrants workers from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to legalize their stay in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor several years, three Belarusians, with the help of foreign citizens, organized illegal entry of migrants into our country and their stay here,\u201d the interior ministry&#8217;s Telegram channel quoted senior police official U\u0142adzimir Harahlad as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects submitted to state agencies &#8220;knowingly false documents from both fake and legal employers,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They allegedly helped 210 foreigners receive Belarusian visas and temporary residence permits. About 100 foreigners who worked as cab drivers, laborers at markets and construction sites, were arrested and are to be deported, Harahlad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2023, Belarus exempted companies from obtaining permits for foreign workers amid labor force shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/129871\/\">Belarus deports 23 foreigners over irregular border crossing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, Pozirk. Police have arrested three men in Minsk for using forged documents to help migrants workers from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to legalize their stay in Belarus. \u201cFor several years, three Belarusians, with the help of foreign citizens, organized illegal entry of migrants into our country and their stay here,\u201d the interior ministry&#8217;s Telegram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":133231,"template":"","rubric":[30,15],"class_list":["post-133263","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk police crack down on migrant workers from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 7, Pozirk. 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