An Interview with Dmitry Poletaev
Migration lies in the heart of many social processes inside Russia. As RIAC pays close attention to the matter, Irina Sorokina talks with
Dmitry Poletaev
, Director at Migration Research Center, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about the issues migrants struggle with in Russia ...
Interview with Irina Ivakhnyuk, Doctor of Economy, Member of the Global Migration Policy Associates, RIAC Expert
Labor migrants in Russia face challenges to keep their jobs: passing of Russian language, history and language tests, acquiring expensive permits, paying monthly fees, all with no guarantee they will be able to work. Moreover, studies show Russians increasingly don’t ...
Interviews with Russian and Foreign Migration Experts
What should a state prioritize in matters of migration policy: ethics and morals or pragmatic considerations? Who is more effective at protecting migrant rights: government bodies or non-governmental human rights ...
... International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held the III International Conference “Managing Migrant Integration: The European and Russian Contexts.”
The conference was attended by over 100 leading Russian and foreign experts in migration, human capital and security, as well as members of the Russian executive authorities, international organizations, migrant communities, professional ...
RIAC and CSR Report
The period that followed the disintegration of the Soviet Union proved to be challenging for Russia from the perspective of politics, socioeconomics, demographics and migration. The unfavourable demographic trends and the declining and ageing of the population were partially offset by an influx of temporary and permanent migrants from other ...
... fleeing war are increasingly eclipsed by popularity-seeking politicians demanding a cap on migration and auguring the onset of chaos and terror for Europe.
Patrick Taran:
Migration, Globalization and Economic Viability: Challenges and Opportunities for Russia & Eurasia
This securitization of migration is equally a feature of Russia. Natives of Central Asia were involved in virtually every underground terrorist cell, every terrorist attack staged or prevented in the country over the past few years. In ...
... certain states lucky to have such agreements, for example Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries, are also suffering from problems guarding their borders and have similar agreements with third countries, only increasing the potential burden on Russia's migration system.
Vladimir Malakhov:
Migrant Integration: The European Experience
and Prospects for Russia
Refugees Today
Refugees are quite new for Russia, the first of which are known to have emerged during the Soviet period – victims of conflicts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia ...
... identifies a range of specific programmes and measures to ease the process of including immigrants and their descendants into the host country’s social institutions, and he offers several recommendations regarding the prospects for integrating migrants in Russia.
Migrant Integration: The European Experience and Prospects for Russia
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