14 March 2022 Human rights defenders appeal to foreign governments with a request to open a humanitarian corridor for Russians

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, in connection with the increase in requests from Russians for assistance in leaving Russia in order to obtain refugee abroad, human rights activists are turning to foreign governments with a request to open a humanitarian corridor for residents of the Russian Federation.

According to the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, as a rule, those who want to leave at present are people with low incomes, often with many children, often with disabled family members, who are looking for an opportunity to maintain access to the necessary medicines, a sufficient level of medical care, and receive social support . As the Association noted, many requests are also received from LGBT people: often people do not have visas, passports and are extremely limited in funds.

The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights also noted that many complain about the impossibility of cross-border financial transactions - people working with foreign clients and partners are actually limited in their ability to work in Russia, this category of people also seeks to leave Russia.

As noted in the Association, many scientists are looking for an opportunity to continue research abroad, to have access to scientific literature and information about discoveries that they cannot receive in time in Russia, most of these scientists do not agree with the current state policy.

According to human rights activists, another problem is the inability to receive money transfers from Russia - many activists, oppositionists, people who are persecuted in Russia for their political views, found themselves without a livelihood - friends, relatives cannot help those who left Russia , such people are basically deprived of their means of subsistence, these restrictions do not apply to the addressee of the sanctions, and as a result, they hit the socially unprotected category of people who are forced to stay abroad. According to human rights activists, the absence of a humanitarian corridor and the possibility of money transfers will turn into a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.

The human rights activists of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights send their position to the presidents and governments of foreign countries in order to contain the onset of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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