This page provides the text equivalent to a graphic on the “Russia’s Filtration Operations and Forced Relocations” page.
INTAKE AND PROCESSING
Individuals are detained and taken to filtration waypoints, or stopped at filtration checkpoints. Individuals are temporarily detained and evaluated for their perceived threat.
DETENTION
Those deemed most threatening are probably detained and imprisoned in eastern Ukraine or Russia. Little is known about their fates.
FORCED DEPORTATION
Those deemed less threatening but still hostile are probably forcibly deported to Russia.
DOCUMENTATION
Those deemed nonthreatening are probably either issued documentation and permitted to remain in Ukraine or forcibly deported to Russia.