Several Tajik minors who were left without care in Russia have been returned to Tajikistan, according to Tajik Embassy in Moscow.  

An official source within the Embassy says the minors have been repatriated to homeland with the assistance of the Embassy Consular Service.  

According to him, four Tajik minors were repatriated to Tajikistan on June 3 in accordance with Chisinau Agreement on the Return of Minor Children to Their Country of Origin, which was signed on October 7, 2002.

There is no information about how the children were left without guardianship in the Russian Federation. The source recalled that another Tajik national, who had a ban on entry into Russia, was repatriated to homeland from Abkhazia at the end of last month. 

Besides, two Tajik nationals, who also had a ban on entry into Russian Federation, were repatriated from Abkhazia to Tajikistan on January 11 this year.  

Recall, three babies were repatriated from Russia to Tajikistan on June 18 last year. These babies have reportedly been left by their mothers, nationals of Tajikistan, in maternity hospitals in Russia.   

These babies have reportedly been left by their mothers – nationals of Tajikistan in maternity hospitals in Russia.   According to the Tajik Embassy in Moscow, these three baby girls were repatriated to Tajikistan because they were in Russia without care.  They were left at birth in maternity hospitals, and therefore, they were repatriated to Tajikistan.     

In cases when Tajik women leave their newborn babies in another country, the relevant authorities inform the Tajik diplomatic mission, and then measures are taken to return them to Tajikistan, in particular, if all necessary documents are collected.  

According to data from the Tajik Embassy in Moscow, nine minors, including those three baby girls, were repatriated from Russia to Tajikistan over the first six months of last year alone.   

At a regional level, the 2002 Chisinau Agreement on the Return of Minor Children to Their Country of Origin regulates the return and repatriation of migrant children.  Under this agreement, migrant children are returned to their countries of origin through “transit institutions”.