This set of proposals for a new migration strategy for Russia through 2035 and recommendations for its implementation has been examined in two rounds of discussion with participation of experts from the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Centre for Strategic Research (CSR), Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), High School of Economics University (HSE), Centre for Migration Studies, Moscow office of the International Organization for Migration, Institute for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Centre for Social-Economic Demographic Studies at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Forum for Resettlement Organizations, Institute for State Economic Forecasting RAS, Institute of World Economy and International Relations RAS (IMEMO), “Migration XXI century” Fund. The experts’ feedback received helped to develop proposals for a new migration strategy, and concrete recommendations on its implementation.
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 post-Soviet states, but numerous errors in the migration policy led to a decrease in Russia’s migration attractiveness, turning migration into a source of social tension and an instrument of political infighting. The errors were caused, among other things, by the lack of a migration strategy and coordinated migration-related decision-making processes. As a result, in contrast to the previous historical periods, the migration policy in post-Soviet Russia was unable to match the nationwide strategy of turning migration into an efficient development resource.
Russia’s migration policy is facing specific strategic challenges brought about by the peculiarities of the country’s contemporary demographic, economic and political development. These challenges are as follows: 1) having to offset the natural population decline by stimulating migration from abroad and stabilizing the size of the country’s permanent population; 2) having to meet the Russian labour market’s demand for additional workers against the backdrop of a reduction in national labour resources by attracting temporary international labour migrants; 3) having to change the current migration vectors within Russia, which exacerbate the uneven distribution of the population across the country, and having to ensure the population’s growth in strategically important regions, first and foremost in the Far East.
This set of proposals for a new migration strategy for Russia through 2035 and recommendations for its implementation has been examined in two rounds of discussion with participation of experts from the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Centre for Strategic Research (CSR), Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), High School of Economics University (HSE), Centre for Migration Studies, Moscow office of the International Organization for Migration, Institute for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Centre for Social-Economic Demographic Studies at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Forum for Resettlement Organizations, Institute for State Economic Forecasting RAS, Institute of World Economy and International Relations RAS (IMEMO), “Migration XXI century” Fund. The experts’ feedback received helped to develop proposals for a new migration strategy, and concrete recommendations on its implementation.
Proposals for Russia’s Migration Strategy through 2035, 1.9 Mb.
