TY - JOUR

T1 - Immigration integration strategy of the Russian Federation: current situation, issues, solutions

AU - Kravchik, Elena I.

N1 - Kravchik E. I. Immigration integration strategy of the Russian Federation: current situation, issues, solutions. International Relations and Dialogue of Cultures. 2021; 9: 51–57. DOI: 10.48612/HSIR/IRDC.2021.9.5

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Russia is one of the most popular destination countries for migration in the world. The state hosts approximately 11,6 million immigrants and aims to increase the level of labor migration and migrants’ integration into Russian society as well as to compensate population losses with it. Thus, there is a need for the government of the Russian Federation to develop an integration and adaptation policy, to choose the area for the efforts concentration. That gives the ground for the further examination of the integration strategy of the Russian Federation. The particular emphasis placed on the Russian migration and integration legislation, which forms the integration strategy. The “Concept of the State Migration Policy of the Russian Federation for 2019–2025”, the project of the Federal Law on Sociocultural adaptation and integration of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation are of particular interest determining the direction of Russian integration policy. Another significant part of the article is devoted to the key concepts such as "migrant", "integration" and the classification of the concept of “migration” according to Russian laws. The elaboration and clarity of the official definitions of these concepts are necessary to realize how well the integration policy of the state is worked out, whether it takes into account various needs of migrants and for whom exactly the state is developing its integration policy. In addition the paper examines the main problems and challenges caused by the lack of integration programs faced by the migrants in Russia. It is from that standpoint the measures that are taken by the Russian government to provide migrants with needed integration and adaptation services have been presented.

AB - Russia is one of the most popular destination countries for migration in the world. The state hosts approximately 11,6 million immigrants and aims to increase the level of labor migration and migrants’ integration into Russian society as well as to compensate population losses with it. Thus, there is a need for the government of the Russian Federation to develop an integration and adaptation policy, to choose the area for the efforts concentration. That gives the ground for the further examination of the integration strategy of the Russian Federation. The particular emphasis placed on the Russian migration and integration legislation, which forms the integration strategy. The “Concept of the State Migration Policy of the Russian Federation for 2019–2025”, the project of the Federal Law on Sociocultural adaptation and integration of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation are of particular interest determining the direction of Russian integration policy. Another significant part of the article is devoted to the key concepts such as "migrant", "integration" and the classification of the concept of “migration” according to Russian laws. The elaboration and clarity of the official definitions of these concepts are necessary to realize how well the integration policy of the state is worked out, whether it takes into account various needs of migrants and for whom exactly the state is developing its integration policy. In addition the paper examines the main problems and challenges caused by the lack of integration programs faced by the migrants in Russia. It is from that standpoint the measures that are taken by the Russian government to provide migrants with needed integration and adaptation services have been presented.

KW - Russian Federation

KW - integration policy

KW - Adaptation

KW - Migration

UR - https://internrelat.spbstu.ru/userfiles/files/IRDK_9.pdf

M3 - Article

SP - 51

EP - 57

JO - Международные отношения и диалог культур

JF - Международные отношения и диалог культур

SN - 2304-9480

IS - 9

ER -