Russian police have detained more than 500 illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Malakhovka town on the outskirts of Moscow.
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They immigrants were arrested on May 5 at an illegal garment factory following a raid by the Federal Migration Services (FMS), Federal Security Bureau, and the local police, the Moscow Interior Department said.
Most of the detainees, including some pregnant women, had no personal papers and could not speak Russian, Zalina Kornilova, the FMS’ press secretary told the media.
They had been working in an environment that was completely unsanitary and seriously violated fire safety regulations, she added.
The immigrants lived with their families in the factory premises, the police said.
Russian immigration and police officers are hunting for the owner of the factory.
