193 foreigners deported from Astana starting this year

ASTANA. November 12. KAZINFORM - Since the beginning of the year for gross violations of migration legislation from Astana have been deported 193 foreigners.

This was announced today at a press conference named "Compliance with the rules of immigration law and combating illegal migration in Astana" by the deputy head of the migration police of Astana Erkin Shombinov.

According to him, from the beginning of 2013 Astana has been visited by 76,000 foreigners, while the non-controlled migration leads to the fact that citizens of foreign states committed not only administrative offenses, but also criminal offenses.

"During this period there have been more than 6,000 violations of immigration law, and 193 foreigners have been expelled for violations of the law. And 91 foreign nationals were brought to justice", said the representative of the immigration police.