BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

24/11/2007

Belarus to temporarily bar 100,000 citizens from traveling abroad - minister

MINSK. Nov 24 (Interfax) - About 100,000 Belarusian citizens will be put on the list of those temporarily barred from leaving the country, Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov told journalists on Saturday.

"This list will be quite long. It will number about 100,000 people," Naumov said. The list will include people who have access to state secrets, outstanding criminal convictions, debts on alimonies, unsettled loans, and others, he said.

It was reported earlier that the Belarusian Interior Ministry had drafted a presidential decree on abolishing the practice of sanctioning peoples' travel abroad by putting special stamps in their passports starting from January 1, 2008.

The Belarusian Interior Ministry is currently compiling a database of people who would be temporarily barred from leaving the country. All other citizens will be able to travel abroad without seeking permission from the government.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11916927

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