... Moscow, 25 September 2015.
I am honored by this opportunity to present global perspective on a major challenge and opportunity of our time. My remarks feature three dimensions: 1) migration sustaining the world of work today — in other words why immigration to Russia; 2) greater labour and skills mobility in coming years: prospects for Russia and Eurasia; and 3) challenges and opportunities for a viable law and policy regime on migration governance for Russia and Eurasia.
1) Setting the Context: Migration Today
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... specific classification of forced migrants, the Russian situation, primarily in the 1990s, was different in several other ways. Due to the hasty acceptance of international obligations under an immature migration law, economic collapse and explosive immigration flows, Russia was virtually unable to provide forced migrants with appropriate preferences
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. At the same time, the preferential status and distribution of resources were oriented primarily toward Russia citizens and ethnic Russians, whereas citizens of ...
... Kazakhstan has announced amnesty for labor immigrants and introduced regulations whereby work patents can be bought by citizens of those CIS countries which have mutual visa-free travel agreements with Kazakhstan.
Hopefully, several positive changes in Russia’s immigration policy are underway. At the end of January 2014 Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Federal Migration Service submitted the law draft in granting Russian citizenship in return for 1O Mio. Rub. investment. The Russian Ministry of Labor ...
