Immigration and MigrationProblem in Russia

1975-1988 Russia received 13 million immigrants

1989-2000

Russia received 11 million immigrants

Back then our country was ranked third in the world in the number of immigrants coming into a country (after the US and Germany).

2 Now Russia is number two in the world after the United States on this indicator.

Why?

The number of people that can work started to decrease in Russia 10 years ago

Now Russia loses 1 mln workers every year

Russia has a population of 142 million. But apparently, it will go down to 125 million people in 10 years.

Now Russia accepts about 300 thousand immigrants per year, and their number should increase to 415 thousand by 2025.

In addition, currently about 10 million foreign citizens live in Russia. They are migrants. About 4 million of them live and work there illegally.

Almost 50% of migrants and immigrants are in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

For example, when 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe from Syria and Africa over the past two years, it has caused the strongest concerns of the local population.

As a rule, immigrants and migrants in Russia have a low level of qualification. They work as workers at construction sites and factories, janitors, cleaners, shop staff, many of them looking for a new temporary work every day.

The salary of these people is low. The living conditions of these people are very bad. Many of them do not speak Russian and are not willing to adapt to a different culture.

Many migrants and immigrants commit crimes and this often causes strong protests from the local population. According to some estimates, every seventh murder, and nearly half of the rapes were committed by migrants in Moscow.

Now there is an economic crisis in Russia. People have a lot of problems. But the problem of immigrants and migrants remains one of the most acute.

People say that foreign workers only take jobs away from Russians and increase the level of crime in society.

Migration and immigration are very complex processes for all:

for those who come, and for those to whom the strangers come.

But I think no one can stop people's desire to seek better life. Because it is the most important right of every person.

Thank you!