Azerbaijan tightens requirements for foreigners

The Cabinet of Ministers has made amendments to “General rules for voluntary placement of foreigners and stateless persons, about whom decision on expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been made, in the detention centers for illegal migrants”.Foreigners and stateless persons, about whom decision on expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been made, can be voluntarily placed in the detention centers for illegal migrants, APA reports. Foreigners and stateless persons, about whom decision on expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been made, can be voluntarily placed in the detention centers for illegal migrants of the relevant executive authority in a way defined by the law for expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan within the period envisaged by the Administrative Offences Code and Migration Code. At the same time, foreigners who refuse to leave the territory of Azerbaijan or stateless persons are detained based on the appeal of the State Migration Service and the verdict of court, and are kept in the detention centers of the state migration service in a way defined in the law till their expulsion from the territory of Azerbaijan.Bakudaily.az