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One-third of Moscow babies born to migrants

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About a third of newborns in Moscow are children of non-Muscovites, a Moscow City Duma deputy told journalists on Monday.

About a third of newborns in Moscow are children of non-Muscovites, a Moscow City Duma deputy told journalists on Monday.

“Residents of other countries and regions account for 30 percent of births, and they still receive assistance from the city budget,” Lyudmila Stebenkova said.

Lyudmila Shvetsova, a deputy Moscow mayor in charge of social issues, said the birth rate in the Russian capital in January-October 2011 was 10 percent above the death rate and totaled 103,027 people.

The deputy mayor said only 9.2 percent of children were born to families in which both parents were foreigners.

 

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