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Putting these forcibly displaced civilians through the abuses of ‘filtration’ is both cynical and cruel. 

They knew putins birthday to let them through. so its an amazing report and we thank you for bringing us that. i do wonder what is the symbolism of these filtration camps mean for russia because its not the first time that theyve used them. >> reporter: no, its not, and i think everybody that is sent to a filtration camp or a filtration center in ukraine or in russia knows very well that the russians have used this kind of system before. they used it in chechnya in the brutal war that took place...

Managed to cross the border - in estonia with the help i of independent volunteers in russia, especially- in st petersburg, they helped people to cross the border- in estonia and all these people are our trusted sources now. because they are interviewed, they tell the story, how they. crossed the russian? ukrainian border, how they spend i weeks in filtration camp, how they were interrogated, how they were searched. - and its those early testimonies that are really crucial to gather — the fsb,...

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Soviet era playbook. we have examples of filtration camps. wu one of the correctors of the state company he unfortunately had to leave the area in mariupol controlled by russian forces and he was put in a filtration camp. he was interrogated for 32 hours. he was made to sit on a chair for 32 hours. he was questioned about what he knew. any information about how the ukrainian state operates and one final example i have of a middle aged couple from mariupol. they were traveling with a little girl ...

The Russian army has set up so-called filtration camps in the Donbas to screen civilians for political views before they are evacuated. DW spoke to three people who were able to get out of Mariupol.

Mariupol to be freed. lets see if that deal actually comes through but there is a really important caveat here. civilians need to be released to ukraine, not to a filtration camp in russia. the devil is really in the details. russia has not done a good job of allowing civilians to flee. they made a lot of promises and they have not fulfil those promises that keep your eye on it. thank you so much. it has been good to talk to you. thank you.— to talk to you. thank you. thank ou. we to talk to y...

Even says families are being deported through filtration camps, which would be a violation of international humanitarian law. joining us is alex. what do you know about these filtration camps? >> the first information we got, the girl from mariupol, she contacted her mother, who was first deported from mariupol through the filtration camp as she called it. her grandmother died in this camp. her mother was moved further to another place. and the woman of ukraine said there is some information abo...

Filtration camp in a region of russia. yesterday there were 400 ukrainians living there, including 100 children. and it was about 150 to come to this filtration camp. >> so you understand that theyre in waoeastern ukraine a in russia? >> yeah. >> i know you have also been reporting, and we have been hearing about this fast tracking of adoption of ukrainian children, i believe ukrainian orphans. what do you know about that? . >> they deported 500,000 people to russia, forcibly. this is a violatio...

Check it, but they do not allow it. they only show their help from their side. they make tv video of the scenes and show that ukraine does not help their people. the mariupol citizens, no one cares. but it is not true. ukraine and the government have tried to get help here, but russians do not allow it. they say they only want to totally surrender the city, so it is what they allow after that. for now, i know the useful filtration camps near mariupol, and they do not allow any people to get in. ...