Argentina cracks down on birth tourism, as growing number of pregnant Russian women arrive

The World

A large number of Russian women have recently traveled to Argentina to give birth. It’s a way to obtain citizenship for their newborn children. This has Argentina’s immigration authorities worried. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

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