Why don't Syrian refugees want to claim asylum in Russia?

Oh dear goodness, why flee from one form of persecution to another? Russia has a horrendous history with non-white people, even their own Asian citizens get the short end of the stick. read more

Syrian refugees did want to claim asylum in Turkey. Lets assume you are a Syrian refugee, you faced the war and fled to Turkey. First months you feel very lucky to be alive and accepted. read more

Further, media claims about Russia turning down Syrian refugees’ requests in large scale are misleading, said Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Migration Service Nikolai Smorodin. “There hasn’t been any toughening of the Federal Migration Service’s position in providing asylum to Syrian citizens in Russia,” Smorodin told the Interfax news agency. read more