Managed migration in Russia
Recent stories
Police accused of migrant raids to boost statistics
According to a former senior Moscow police officer, Viktor Klimchuk, police officers who cannot be bothered to track down real criminals or who are being forced to meet unrealistic targets, consistently carry out checks on migrant workers, who are often without the correct papers, so as to make up their so-called solved crimes figures.
20 May 2004 (77 words)
Tough new citizenship law introduced
In April, Russia's lower house of parliament introduced legislation that would make it more difficult to acquire Russian citizenship.
1 August 2002 (122 words)
Siberian city wants to close to migrants
The city authorities in Magnitogorsk have applied to the Chelyabinsk regional governor and the regional Duma to become a closed city to 'uninvited guests'.
1 August 2002 (116 words)
Dark-skinned migrants in Krasnodar face bleak future
In 2001, the fervently anti-migrant administration of Krasnodar passed legislation making it possible to deport hundreds of thousands of non-Russians who are living in Krasnodar due to displacement following the break up of the Soviet Union.
1 August 2002 (560 words)
Xenophobia hinders introduction of immigration policy
There is no legal framework to protect the rights of migrants living in Russia and no-one even has begun to officially estimate the number of migrants living in Russia, although the first post-Soviet census was initiated in October.
1 August 2002 (759 words)
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