Russia's Coercive Tactics: Arresting Migrants and Forcing Them into Army to Fight in Ukraine

Russia has reportedly been arresting migrants attempting to cross the border into Finland and pressuring them to join the Russian army under the threat of deportation. Testimonies from migrants, including a Somali citizen named Avad, reveal that they were offered jobs "working for the state" instead of deportation, but were later transported to a tent camp on the border with Ukraine. After demanding to be deported, the migrants were informed they would be sent back to a detention center and deported. Human rights advocates have expressed concern over this covert effort to conscript migrants and the violation of their rights.