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Russia has the world's largest number of illegal migrants, accounting for almost seven per cent of the country's working population, according to a report by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The 2012 International Migration Outlook said 960,000 temporary labourer migrants came to Russia in 2010, more than twice as many as those entering the US. Former Soviet states remained the main migration sources for Russia with 28,000 people arriving from Kazakhstan, 27,500 from Ukraine and 24,000 Uzbek nationals arriving in Russia, according to the report.

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