Argentine officials are expressing concern over the large number of pregnant Russian women who have recently entered the country to give birth as a way to obtain an Argentine passport, claiming three Russian spies who were recently detained in Slovenia were citizens of the South American country.
Immigration authorities forbade six pregnant Russian women from entering Argentina this week -- three on Wednesday and three on Thursday -- saying they had falsely claimed to be tourists, Florencia Carignano, the national director for migration, told a local news channel.
"The quantity really is very big each day, only last night in the last Ethiopian flight, 33 Russian citizens entered with pregnancies of approximately 32, 33, 34 weeks," Carignano said. The judiciary is currently investigating whether there is some sort of criminal organization bringing Russian women to Argentina. While authorities did not say why such a ring would bring pregnant women to Argentina, some speculate the country has the right mix of lax immigration laws with Russians not needing visas, free universal health care and a passport that allows access to many countries without a visa.
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