Khramova M.N., Skoblina E.V., Tyshkevich A.I. Transformation of the migration policy of Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of Eurasian integration. Scientific review. Series 1: Economics and Law. 2021. No. 6. P. 76 – 91. https: ...

Abstract

The migration policy of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is undergoing changes during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Its main aim is to mitigate the socio-economic effects of the pandemic for different categories of migrants, as well as to help migrants who remains at the territory of host countries. This article contains a brief chronology of the closure and gradual opening of state borders, the implementation of certain restrictive measures, requirements for crossing the state border by migrants. The article provides a description of measures aimed at supporting local population and migrants. Some data on the volume of money transfers as a factor of social stability in the countries of origin of migrants are presented. The diaspora aspect is also described, namely the situation of the Kazakh and Kyrgyz diasporas and the help they have received from the country of origin. The situation in the Russian Federation as a country, that is the main recipient of migrants of various categories for the CIS countries , is considered separately. It is shown that the set of measures adopted by the Russian Federation in the first months of the pandemic made it possible to avoid serious negative consequences on the labor market, as well as the marginalization of migrants. The article also provides an analysis of some of the documents that were adopted at the EAEU level during the first year and a half of the pandemic.

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