The search for nearly 40 missing foreigners – tourists from Iraq – is underway in Moscow. Tourists, according to the Telegram-channel Baza, left on May 1-2 in “small groups” and did not return. There is no suspicion of criminal disappearance, but there is a version that tourists intend to stay in Russia, receiving refugee status.
According to the source, Iraqi tourists – about nine families, some with children – arrived on a tourist visa and for tourism. They planned a week-long tour during which the Iraqis were to visit several excursions. “Their passports were handed over to the hotel reception desk with a strict instruction – do not hand over documents to tourists, passports could only be handed over to their guide when leaving for a tour,” – added an employee of the travel agency, who filed a complaint about the disappearance of tourists.
According to her, caution was not superfluous, but it was in vain. The newcomers immediately refused to see the sights, citing fatigue. After that, tourists tried several times to get their passports at the reception under various pretexts. They did not succeed, but the tourists still left the hotel in small groups and did not return.
According to the travel agency, the real goal of the Iraqis was not tourism. “The real goal of the Iraqis was not Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral, but an attempt to gain refugee status and stay in Russia,” they said (according to our subjective opinion, Moscow is not the best place to stay).
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