Labour migration from Central Asia to Russia – State Management of Migration

TL;DRAbstract

Russia has become a large scale recipient of labour migrants from Central Asia.Unemployment and low wages in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have made people travel north to what used to be the centre of the former Soviet Uniona state entity that these now independent states, a little more than some 20 years ago, all belonged to.Currently, Russia is facing a demographical crisis with dramatic population decline especially among the working-age group of the population.As such, access to work force from abroad can rightly be seen as a resource for the Russian state.Due to a persistent visa-free regime entrance, Russia is easily accessible for citizens of all the three Central Asian states mentioned.The length of their stay, however, is limited, and there are procedures for prolonging it, as well as for obtaining the right to work in Russia.Although experts claim that there is a need for immigration, these views are not shared by Russian citizens in general.On the contrary, antimigr

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper