Thursday, 6 June 2013

A different world... Underground city used by illegal immigrants discovered in Russia

In this video footage released by Moscow police, the underground home of about 200 migrant workers is revealed

An underground city for immigrant workers to make clothes in sweatshops has been discovered under a street in Moscow, Russia.  The cramped complex housed about 260 people and contained dormitories and workshops packed with sewing machines as well as a canteen, a cinema and casino..

Many of the workers came from former Soviet Republics which have struggled financially since the break-up of the USSR in 1991

The underground workers were arrested during a police raid with video footage showing the bleak living conditions where there is no natural light. They were found underneath the former site of the Cherkizovsky market which was closed down in 2009.

Migrant workers go to Russia to earn money to send home to their families

One area of the complex shows sewing machines set up in a sweatshop

Chickens were kept underground with the workers, who had built their own canteen

The cramped space was home to about 200 migrant workers who did not have the correct documents to work legally in Russia

The factory complex also contained a canteen for the workers












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