Russia Finally Opens Its Borders To Tajik Migrants, But Exorbitant Airfares Keeping Laborers Out
April 08, 2021 10:11 GMT
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Tajik migrant workers are desperate to return to Russia and the jobs they lost during the coronavirus pandemic, but skyrocketing prices for plane tickets are preventing them from going.
Large crowds of people have gathered outside the central air ticket office in Dushanbe every day since late March, when Russia reopened its borders to Tajiks.
Russian officials only permit Tajiks to enter Russia directly via air but the number of flights is restricted and the cost of a seat on a plane often unaffordable.