After the controversy surrounding the six Russian pregnant women detained in Ezeiza (16 others arrived last night), a series of raids were carried out in the Puerto Madero neighborhoodwhile they visited different hotels and verified that only eight out of thirty Russian people were at the denounced address upon entering the country.
According to the Migration data, in the last time, they entered 10,500 pregnant women who had their children in Argentinabut seven thousand of them no longer reside in Argentina.
Although the issue gained visibility following Migration detained six Russian pregnant women in Ezeiza for considering them “false tourists”, the investigation into the large influx of Russian citizens has been going on for regarding a year, so They closely follow a kind of “management” that is dedicated to the trafficking of migrants and falsification of documentation.
Thus, federal judge María Servini de Cubría ordered the search of two departments. One of the properties was located in a tower at Juana Manso at 500 and the other building is located at Azucena Villaflor at 500, according to information from THAT.
During the operation, They found notebooks, tablets, cell phones, personal and immigration documentation, police certificates, and money in dollars, euros, and Argentine pesos.. In addition, they visited the Sheraton, Regente Palace, NH Collection, Aires Express and Esplendor hotels to confirm if the Russian people were at the addresses reported in their affidavits.
Consequently, they were able to verify that only eight of the thirty tourists were in the places they should be. Consequently, the investigators confirmed that the intention of the alleged tourists “is to take advantage of the documentary benefits granted by the country”.
Russian pregnant women and “birth tourism” in Argentina
“Birth tourism” is a common practice within Russian families. Before the pandemic, the place chosen by them was Miami, but the strong restrictions that were implemented by the Covid-19 led pregnant Russian women to change destinations.
They let in 4 of the 6 pregnant Russian women
With the start of the war in Ukraine, more and more Russian families began to arrive in Argentina. According to the information you accessed PROFILE, a quarter of the deliveries performed in December at the Finocchieto sanatorium were to women who arrived from Russia.
The consular chief of the Russian Embassy, Georgy Polin, recognized PROFILE that “Russian women they are arriving in large numbers, between 12 and 15 times more than other years”. Thus, he recalled that there is a visa-free treaty between Argentina and Russia and questioned the interpretation made by Migration regarding this agreement, since “not only contemplates tourist purposes“, according to his statements.
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