A family of Kurdish refugees who lived at Sheremetyevo airport for two months was given temporary shelter

A family of refugees from Syria who lived in the Sheremetyevo transit zone for more than two months was granted temporary asylum in Russia. about this with reference to the lawyer of the Kurdish family, Roza Magomedova. writes Meduza

All family members of Kurdish refugees received the relevant documents from the Federal Migration Service for the Tver region. Asylum was granted for one year with the possibility of extension.

Since September 10, 2015, a family with four children was forced to live in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport. Upon arrival in Russia, the family from Syria was accused of illegally crossing the border using fake documents and on November 19 was fined five thousand rubles. In October they were denied refugee status and applied again. On November 20, they were sent to the FMS temporary accommodation center in the Tver region.