ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation - Before Ukraine's secession crisis erupted in February, the Federal Migration Service office in St. Petersburg handled 120 asylum applications a year, mainly from Asians and Africans.
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A boy carries pastries in refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
