Firms fined for hiring illegal workers in APEC constructions

PanARMENIAN.Net - A number of construction companies involved in preparations for the APEC Summit 2012 held in Russia's Primorye Territory in September were fined about 14 million rubles (about $500,000) for illegally hiring foreign workers, the regional administration said in a statement on Thursday, Oct 11.

According to RIA Novosti, the Federal Migration Service in Primorye issued fines for 12,000 illegals, including about 8,700 from neighboring countries.

Primorye Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky warned at a law enforcement meeting on Thursday that companies guilty of migration infractions could lose their quotas on hiring foreign workers.

The migration service said it checked "193 construction sites, drew up 1,074 administrative offense reports and imposed fines totaling more than 13.75 million rubles.”

So far the service has collected fines from those companies totaling 8.27 million rubles. It also deported 167 illegal foreign workers and reduced the terms of residence in Russia for 128 others, the statement said.