Egyptian illegals detained in Orsha

June 7, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A group of Egyptian illegal immigrants has been detained in Orsha, the head of the citizenship and migration department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, Tatyana Romashova, told a BELTA correspondent. Police officers of the Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs identified two citizens of Egypt at the Orsha station on the Moscow-Minsk train, one of whom entered Belarus without identity documents, and the second without a visa. They explained their visit as a private trip. Currently, both illegal immigrants have been detained, their identities and purposes of arrival are being established. In total, from January to May, foreign citizens committed 83 crimes in the Vitebsk region, which is 13 fewer facts compared to the same period last year. 579 people were brought to administrative responsibility during this period, including 428 foreigners and 151 citizens of Belarus who provide housing to foreign individuals. 103 citizens of other countries were deported for violating the law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Republic of Belarus", including 33 for driving a vehicle while intoxicated. -0-