Endryushko A.A. Immigrants with children in Russia: socio-economic and cultural integration (part II). Questions of national and federal relations. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 12 (93). P. 4601-4612.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to understand how the inclusion of children in the migration process determines different aspects of the integration of immigrants in Russia - what is the socio-economic situation of migrants who bring children to Russia, what integration trajectories and life plans do they form. The study is based on surveys of labor migrants from the post-Soviet states in Russia: 2017 (8577 respondents, of which 411 live in the Russian Federation with children, from 1 to 5 for each respondent, 2699 left children at home) 2020 (700 respondents, of which 108 took one or more children with them on migration, 212 left them in the country of origin). It is shown that the decision to include children in migration does not depend on the economic integration of migrants (reaching a certain level of income), but on legal (obtaining residence permits) and cultural (orientation towards permanent residence, feeling close to the host country - the formation of Russian identity). Children, in turn, help their parents to integrate even better into the host society, intensifying the social and legal aspects of integration processes. Therefore, the stimulation of family migration, the removal of barriers in the field of education for foreign children is the key to successful incorporation into Russian society not only of future generations of migrants, but also assistance in the integration of migrant parents. The article is a continuation of the text on the socio-demographic characteristics of migrants from the post-Soviet states living in the Russian Federation with minor children, which was published in the journal No. 11 for 2022.