Do not leave home: Tajik-migrants in the Russian Federation are afraid that they will be sent to the front-NYT

Now the moods in society are reminiscent of the 2000s, when Muslims from the Caucasus have encountered widespread discrimination after a series of terrorist attacks and conflict in Chechnya. In Moscow, migrants from Tajikistan try not to leave the house, because because of the terrorist attack in the City City Holly, they are afraid of being deported or sent to the war in Ukraine. About it writes The New York Times.

Among the detainees for shooting at the City Hall City Shopping Center are four detainees from Tajikistan. Because of this, antimigrant rhetoric intensified on Russian social networks. The authorities have promised to strengthen the migrants' actions to meet the requests of the war. According to statistics in the Russian Federation, almost 1 million Tajikistan citizens - migrant workers were officially registered in Russia only last year.

The manager of one of the companies that work Tajik-migrants informed in a comment to NYT that now the moods in society are reminiscent of the 2000s, when Muslims from the Caucasus have encountered widespread discrimination after terrorist attacks and Chechnya. "Tajiki in Moscow is so frightened that they almost do not go outside at all," she said.

Tajitsky human rights activist Sidanvar, who recently left Moscow, said that now Tajikistan citizens are fearing not only deportations, but also that they can be involved in war against Ukraine. "Tajiks are really afraid that the Russian authorities will start sending them to the front massively to fight as revenge on our Tajik people," he said. On March 22, unknown people armed with machine guns in Moscow entered the City Hall City Shopping Center and started shooting visitors.