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### Viewing cable 06MOSCOW11778, MIGRATION SERVICE DIRECTOR ROMODANOVSKIY ON NORTH

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06MOSCOW11778 | 2006-10-20 06:06 | 2010-12-06 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Moscow

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    VZCZCXRO5252
    RR RUEHDBU
    DE RUEHMO #1778/01 2930644
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    R 200644Z OCT 06
    FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4246
    INFO RUEHXD/MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
    RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 0700
    RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 4113
    RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 2624
    RUEHUM/AMEMBASSY ULAANBAATAR 0226
    RUEHSH/AMCONSUL SHENYANG 0032

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 011778

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/20/2016
    TAGS: PREF PREL RS
    SUBJECT: MIGRATION SERVICE DIRECTOR ROMODANOVSKIY ON NORTH
    KOREANS, STATELESSNESS IN RUSSIA

    Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns. Reasons 1.4. (b and d).

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Federal Migration Service Director
    Konstantin Romodanovskiy told PRM/Admissions Director Terry
    Rusch October 6 that Russia would consider resettlement of
    North Koreans to the U.S. on a case-by-case basis, repeating
    what other GOR interlocutors have told us previously.
    Separately, Romodanovskiy said that the GOR had enacted
    legislation offering further opportunities for former Soviet
    citizens who were living in Russia and now stateless to
    obtain Russian citizenship. Romodanovskiy expressed an
    interest in further cooperation with the U.S. and other
    countries experienced in migration and is seen by our
    contacts as someone trying to reform the migration service.
    END SUMMARY.

    ¶2. (C) Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin
    Romodanovskiy and members of his staff met with
    PRM/Admissions Director Terry Rusch, DHS Chief of Refugee
    Affairs Barbara Strack, Deputy Chief of Refugee Affairs June
    Tancredi and refcoord October 6 to discuss the possible
    resettlement of North Koreans to the U.S. and other potential
    cooperation between the FMS and its U.S. counterparts.

    North Koreans
    -------------

    ¶3. (C) Rusch began the meeting by thanking Romodanovskiy for
    FMS' assistance with the resettlement of Meskhetian Turks to
    the U.S. and noted that the GOR,s experience with the
    statelessness issue positioned it well to play an active role
    within the international community in addressing it. She
    noted that the purpose of her visit to Russia was to
    participate in a workshop sponsored by the USG and the
    International Organization for Migration to train NGOs in how
    to refer cases to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Rusch
    noted that the GOR was revising its laws on refugees and
    expressed U.S. hopes that it would enhance protection for
    asylum seekers.

    ¶4. (C) Turning to North Koreans, Rusch explained the passage
    of the North Korean Human Rights Act and U.S. interest in
    resettling North Korean asylum seekers to the U.S. if they so
    desired. The U.S. understood the sensitivities of this issue
    for the GOR given its relationship with North Korea, and it
    appreciated the GOR's willingness to work with UNHCR and the
    ROK in resettling North Koreans in South Korea. There had
    been instances, including when a North Korean had approached
    the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok, expressing interest in
    third country resettlement The U.S. Government hoped that if
    an asylum seeker desired to go to the U.S. rather than South
    Korea, the GOR would allow the United States to process the
    case.

    ¶5. (C) Romodanovskiy said that there were North Koreans in
    Russia and that their status varied. Each year, about 20-30
    of them were resettled to South Korea through UNHCR and the
    ROK. Romodanovskiy stressed that the FMS did not have sole
    responsibility for these issues, and it worked in conjunction
    with other GOR agencies, the MFA and others, that also have
    to be involved.

    Statelessness
    -------------

    ¶6. (C) Rusch raised the issue of statelessness in Russia.
    Romodanovskiy said that the collapse of the Soviet Union had
    created a burden for Russia, which had to absorb forced
    migrants from within the former Soviet space, care for
    internally displaced persons from Chechnya, and deal with
    refugees from third countries such as Afghanistan. Among
    them were Soviet citizens who were now stateless and needed
    to be integrated into Russia. Romodanovskiy said that,
    during the last year, it had granted citizenship to 508,000
    people, of whom 210,000 were former Soviet citizens who had
    delayed seeking Russian citizenship. The GOR realized that
    there were several thousand more, and early this year,
    President Putin signed a law extending the deadline for
    Soviet citizens in Russia to claim Russian citizenship until
    ¶2008.

    ¶7. (C) Romodanovskiy said the FMS continued to implement
    reforms and wanted to cooperate with the U.S. and other
    Western countries and that the GOR had initiated the G-8
    experts meeting on migration that had just concluded in
    Lisbon. One of the key issues for the FMS was further

    MOSCOW 00011778 002 OF 002

    development of its visa regime, but is was also interested in
    broader issues of migration and the processing of refugees
    and asylum seekers. Strack noted that USCIS would be pleased
    to organize briefings for Romodanovskiy or his staff in the
    event of a visit to the United States.

    COMMENT
    -------

    ¶8. (C) The FMS has had difficulties defining its missions
    and its goals as a result of constant GOR reorganizations and
    a lack of leadership. Our contacts at UNHCR and elsewhere
    have welcomed Romodanovskiy's leadership in taking charge of
    the organization and his interest in cooperation. They note,
    however, that as a result of the reorganizations and merger
    with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FMS has developed
    a law-enforcement mentality.

    BURNS

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